Steamtown action with "The Ice Train!"

CN 3254 is hauling it's special train uphill from Scranton to Tobyhanna, PA. It is seen at MP 114.92 EB while approaching the Lehigh Road cross... (more)

It's 7:16 PM and my fellow New Yorkers are transferring in a dash from the N or Q train to the No. 7 to further their journey from Manhattan deeper into Queens. The white skyscraper over the train... (more)

I went out West to find me some pretty S curves and mountains…Actually I just went north of New York City up the river to Storm King Mountain and got nice autumn colors. Hopefully one of the CSX... (more)

MTA's New York City Transit's brand new $1.4 billion Fulton Center shows off it's awe-inspiring view. This is the center piece of the building, a skylight known as the oculus. This will bring welc... (more)

New York's jewel box of transportation, Grand Central Terminal takes a haughty look at the little gnats, also known as cars, swarming around it one evening.

Dawn burns the side of a New York City Transit F train R-38 cars stopped at Smith & 9th Street station while the commuters inside head to work in Brooklyn or "The City." (Which is Manhat... (more)

No story. I just liked the polished locomotive and the rusty wheels. I also like how they have one matching color.

I would have to say that being a railfan in Manhattan is probably a bit different than what most fans in North America experience. I live on an island of only 22.96 square miles of area but I shar... (more)

What a long strange trip it has been for Pennsylvania Railroad K-4s No. 1361.

Built in 1918 in the roads own Altoona Shops, it ran off 2.5 million miles of faithful service before being plinthe... (more)

What is better then one No 7 train? A double decker No 7! With hundreds of tired commuters on board and many more behind me on the platform waiting to get on this train to go home, these R-188 car... (more)

This is the very first steam locomotive I ever saw under steam. I can't tell you how great it is that I can see her frequently since she is at Steamtown and I volunteer there. (Maybe one had somet... (more)

The former station and headquarters of the New York, Ontario & Western railroad is derelict and in imminent danger. In 2004 a fire gutted the opposite end of the building and no repairs were ever ... (more)

These two East Broad Top hopper car couplers have been frozen in this position for every winter, spring, summer and fall since 1956.

When I look back on the panoply of life I have experienced i... (more)

This EBT 70,000 lb. capacity hopper is in a fight for it's life. First the protective paint came off, and the rusting began. Then a little sprig of a plant took root near the front journal. Larger... (more)

The 1931 Brill-built speedster and big crowd pleaser SEPTA 205 is seen zooming through the Rockhill Trolley Museum's Halloween pumpkin festooned picnic area. Hey, I was with the king of zooms Mit... (more)