Taken safely from the side of a highway overpass, the North Shore RR local rolls west toward Northumberland, PA with a short train pulled by a pair of elderly EMD SW1500's

A once a week slurry train sits awaiting a pair of commuter trains to run around before proceeding east, only to tie down less than 10 miles later.

A dying breed these days, CN standard cab 2121 leads a K684, that none of us thought would ever head east, across the Mohawk river in upstate New York

History in the making, the first time Amtrak's "Great Dome" has traversed the B&A as it's seen here gliding into Worcester on an equipment move that also featured a freshly painted "... (more)

Leading the first ever NS 64V down the Gardner branch, the P&W's freshest locomotive rolls through the crossing at a mind numbing 10 mph

So far the month of August has been very good to us in the northeast, as 28N came in with a patched SP unit leading, but what really put the icing on the cake was it ended up leading an underpower... (more)

Not something you see everyday in the northeast, a, yes, patched, Southern Pacific unit leading NS 28N. Originally supposed to arrive last night a derailment set him back a while, so it arrived sh... (more)

Due to a derailment on the west end everything was completely backed up, including this 12 hour late 22K

Featuring our second ex Conrail dash 8 leader of the trip, NS 23K exits the 5 mph restriction leading up to the still classic, yet fading away, searchlight signals that are CPF 385

On a day where things that didn't work out, eventually worked themselves out NS 14R arrives in Greenfield MA with an ex Conrail dash 8 paired up with an SD80, and a dash 9

A pair of border jumpers lead this loaded CSX ethanol train into Utica's Union station (behind me) in perfect morning light

An ex SOO leader, now painted in relatively fresh Canadian Pacific candy apple red leads a westbound empty oil train into the upstate NY sunset

After finishing all of his work in Worcester, WONR with their pride and joy, ex FEC 100 renumbered and revamped to become their 4301

The end of an era. After their final excursion with Amtrak before their retirement, the last two toasters rest in Union Station for what is feared to be the final time.

The southbound crescent heads south into the blazing late afternoon sunset