It's not everynight one gets to shoot a passing train from inside a brand new covered bridge! Even in Vermont. With snow falling at over an inch an hour outside, SD 90 MAC 125 leads a rare night m... (more)

GMRC 302 and 305 along with two leased ex Santa Fe B23-7's lead train 264 out of Chester on a warm and sunny afternoon.

Expecting a leased SD 90MAC leading, I get a surprise, VTR 308 wearing the VTR red & white scheme on the point of an ethanol train! From the land of various paint schemes, this is a favorite of mi... (more)

A late season snow storm adds a bit of Christmas like atmosphere to this scene as the Hudson Grain Local hauls up ten loads for the mill. It's only several days till spring but that's the northe... (more)

"Wind Bridge" certainly lived up to it's name on this bitter cold afternoon as the anticipated "media darling" K-010 finally came to view. The Illinois Terminal NS 1072 is a highly unusual sight... (more)

One of my favorite morning locations to set up the tripod and the old war body Nikon F3HP was the east portal of the State Line Tunnel. Patience was eventually rewarded with the gleeful sound of... (more)

Monday February 11th featured snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain along with wind and a low cloud deck. Regardless of the conditions, the first SNC freight move ran from North Creek to Saratoga. S... (more)

FIRST FREIGHT. The first revenue freight move to cross this bridge since November 1989 rolls SB, operating under the old D&H symbol used for the D&H North Creek to Saratoga job.

ST Train 23K crosses the Hudson River into Stillwater, NY, only 3 miles from its destination of Mechanicville Yard.

The SD80Macs were not common visitors to the River Line so it was a nice surprise to get a pair on point of a lite engine move. The crew is approaching Kingston NY as they soar 150 feet above th... (more)

Three sparkling clean Conrail units round the scenic curve at MP-164 in the Taconic Hills. The morning hotshot is just east of the State Line Tunnels and will be approaching the state line into... (more)

Timing really is everything in this hobby. For a window of a few months, Conrail would run multiple SD80mac power moves west out of New England for Selkirk Yard either as a lite engine move or o... (more)

A pair of brand new MACs leads the "BO" upgrade to the State Line Tunnels on a gorgeous spring morning in the Taconic Hills.

Amtrak 48 makes it's Albany-Rensselaer station stop during the middle of the second snowstorm of the last week of December. The EB/SB Lake Shore Limited has completed its split into Boston and NY ... (more)

Last sunlight of 2012. Catching literally the last rays of sun at 3:38pm, the Troy local returns from working Troy with 2 empties from Interstate Commodities. Train is passing the old NYC milepost... (more)