A southbound Delaware & Hudson train waits to get the signal to enter the single track territory at Hickory Grove, Pennsylvania. The Conrail intermodal fading away on the near track has just clear... (more)

The Jefferson Junction helper crew brings a Penn Division detour train east through Great Bend, Pennsylvania on Conrail’s Southern Tier line. The train is D&H, but the motive power is a solid se... (more)

MEC 503 parked at the Rotterdam Junction rail yard on a early morning.

Rolling Through History: In the last rays of sunlight, freshly-painted MEC SD40-2 #614 leads ST Train XO-1 across State Route 67 and the Walloomsac River at Walloomsac, NY. The train is on... (more)

Fresh Paint: Having finished interchanging with Vermont Railway, recently repainted MEC SD40-2 #614 leads ST Train XO-1 out of North Bennington Yard as it begins its return trip to Mechanic... (more)

Railroad Enthusiasts Excursion. A Roger Puta Photograph

A Roger Puta Photograph

A Roger Puta Photograph

A Roger Puta Photograph

In driving up to Mechanicville on Saturday afternoon to catch a promising RJED with a clean Pan Am leader, I was also able to catch RJED's counterpart EDRJ with this eclectic lashup. Though its pa... (more)

MEC GP40-2W #514 leads ST Train EDRJ down the Rotterdam Branch as the train enters DCS territory at Burnt Hills.

What year is it? It's been almost 10 years since Guilford Rail System changed its name to Pan Am Railways, but Guilford-painted power--though rarer--still roams the system. This 5-unit RJE... (more)

Take A Bath. ME 489 pulls up to a brief stop at the former Maine Central station at Bath, before continuing on their merry way. Not far away, a Zumwalt-class destroyer was... (more)

This ancient sand tower appears to be much older than the Alco S2 that it is feeding when I stopped in here some 38 years ago.