Moved down to Farmingdale to catch the westbound dual mode Z Train 8053. Unfortunately they were using Platform B for both east and west moves because of a bridge bus. Meet the bus in the main pa... (more)

Closure of the LIRR's mainline for signal work resulted in Ronkonkoma trains being re-routed over the non-electrified Central Branch, necessitating the use of diesel equipment. Here, a westbound ... (more)

After running diesel service to Ronkonkoma for several hours, regular electric service resumed in the early afternoon. Seen here is a westbound slowing for a stop at Farmingdale.

With significant ice buildup after yesterday's snowfall, the LIRR's alcohol trains were out in full force to de-ice the system's third rails.

EMD 20B 300 and GP38-2 261 are towing 17 cars on the Central Branch at MP31. The RS 40 crew are heading for the transload at One World Recycling in Lindenhurst.

A Saturday RS70 rumbles past the quaint B Tower with 43 cars of miscellaneous freight, including C&D hoppers, loaded stone cars, box cars, gondolas and spine cars to load containers of contaminate... (more)

he RS40 deviates from its normal routine today by hauling 52 loads of general freight from Fresh Pond Yard to Pine Aire through lovely fall colors at Beth Interlocking. Three GP38-2s (271, 270 & 2... (more)

Main Line closed from Hicksville to Jamaica. Ronkonkoma and Port Jefferson Branch customers are going to Hicksville by train for shuttle service to and from NYC. Shuttle Train 9220 to Babylon from... (more)

The crew are returning from One World Recycling in Lindenhurst. Passing MP 31 on the Central Branch with the 261, 10 C&D Loads and CITX GP38-2 402 on east end.

DE30AC locomotives 409 and 423 bracket the DOTX #221 which is an automated track inspection car dispatched by the Federal Railroad Administration. This classy looking car was built in 1954 as Cana... (more)

In what may possibly be the final eastward movement ever of a Budd M3 on LIRR rails, the 9938 leads a set of 10 beleaguered cars for temporary storage in Ronkonkoma Yard. This train will join abou... (more)

Sister locomotives 155 and 159 lead this day's RS40 past the old B Tower and ancient Beth Interlocking sentinels at 10:58AM.

NYAR's RS30 rolls through the curve at Beth with 7,500 horsepower tugging on 40 cars of crushed stone for Prima Asphalt in Holtsville, NY on its once-regular Saturday move.

In their almost-daily weekly move, the NYAR RS40 with engines 261 and CITX 402 snakes its way east onto the Central Branch to drop empty C&D hoppers and loaded stone hoppers at One World Recycling... (more)

Montauk bound train 8706 originating in Jamaica. DM30AC 517, eight bilevels and DM30AC 513 passing Automatic Block Signal C299 on the Central Branch.