F units at XO. CP's Office train speeds past XO Tower on its very rare appearance to Northeastern New York.

Sometimes it pays to get up really early on a Saturday morning. At around 7:00 AM on Saturday, August 29, 2015, CP GP38-2 #7307--a former D&H engine--leads Train D45 north for Saratoga as it burs... (more)

"Long Hood Forward D&H Geep by XO"

Last of the Lightning Stripes
The last two units on Canadian Pacific's roster to wear classic D&H lightning stripe paint, GP38-2s 7303 and 7304, lug a heavy D45 local north past the cosm... (more)

A grandmother and her grandchildren stop to watch as NS ES44AC #8099--the Southern heritage unit--leads ST train 22K out of Mechanicville, NY and past XO Tower. XO Tower was once responsible for ... (more)

A Trio of Canadian Pacific GP38-2s hustle through Mechanicville,NY by the beautiful XO Tower, to make way for a tank train headed for the Port of Albany.

A good friend of mine conductors CP 450 as it passes Tim Stockwell and I at the XO Tower that used to be the switch house for northbound trains entering the old D&H and B&M rail yard which was rig... (more)

Tuscan red and pinstripes passing XO Tower.......who would have thought it possible!? The NS Pennsy Heritage Unit leads Pan Am train 23K out of New England and into New York (and the lights) at 03... (more)

CSXT C40-8W #7740 leads CP Train 618 (a loaded sludge train) past old XO Tower in Mechanicville, NY. This sludge train originated at Fort Edward, NY where the Hudson River is being dredged of PCB... (more)

A long anticipated rendevous takes place tonight with a BNSF powered empty grain train returning west passing XO Tower at night under the lights at 03:23.

An interesting sight: power from a Midwest railroad leads a train past a trademark location of the Northeast. Though it is no longer active, XO Tower has been in the process of being renovated by... (more)

CP 6034 leads a 4-unit set of SD40-2s east toward Kenwood Yard in Albany.

CP 5920 leads a 4-unit set of SD40-2s west toward Saratoga Springs on a beautiful summer afternoon.

D&H Train 721--a high and wide extra from GE in Schenectady, NY--passes old XO Tower in Mechanicville, NY as it comes onto the Colonie Subdivision from the Freight Subdivision to head south for th... (more)

Departing the yard