"Yellow Jackets from the Abyss"

"Quarry-side Sixties"

The SU-99 is seen cruising past Pompton Junction and the Tilcon Quarry with three SD60s leading SD33ECO 3012 and NS GP38-2 5291.

Lunch Break at CP-RD

Having started their day at 5:00 in the morning, the crew for WS-2 had stopped at Rich's Deli for crew refueling. The local freight was running with one of... (more)

"90 Degree Yellow Jackets"

In the over 90 degree heat, NYS&W SD40-2 3018 and three additional SD60s are seen resting in the facilities prior to departure toward Bogota,... (more)

The Garbage Express

NYSW 3012 leads a 4 car garbage train into Ridgefield Park on a gloomy Spring afternoon. The crew had run West to Franklin Lakes in the morning picking up t... (more)

"Awaiting the Final Pick-UP"

Tunnel Motor Turned ECO

Originally built as an SD40T-2 for the Southern Pacific, NYSW 3012 was rebuilt from the ground up as an SD33-ECO. The locomotive retains its original no... (more)

One Last Stay in Sparta

For the last year and a half the New York Susquehanna & Western has kept an engine in Sparta for designated use on the SJ-1. This job exclusively switch... (more)

Daylight Local Over the Delaware

In an incredibly unusual daylight move the only Snoot-Nose SD40T-2 owned by the NYSW leads the recently rebuilt NYSW 3012 (originally an SD40T-... (more)

High & Wide on the Susquehanna

The New York Susquehanna & Western operated an uncommon daylight freight over the Southern Tier in the form of NYSW BH-X which was bringing a sin... (more)

While lower New York gets hammered with snow, all is well upstate. NYSW 3014 sits idling in the yard awaiting work. Perhaps the plow in the background will get to see some action down south.

Daylight up the Delaware

While the Southern Tier is arguably one of the more scenic lines in the tri-state area, daylight freight trains are an incredibly infrequent occurrence... (more)

A NYS&W local train splits the town of Butler in two, as seen from above.

Before the real work commenced for the day, a quick jaunt to Lanesboro, Pennsylvania was in order for a rare daylight passage of the New York Susquehanna & Western's Port Jervis, NJ to Syracuse, N... (more)

"Flared Radiators Return"