This was either the first or second picture on the first roll of film I shot as a rail photographer.

The southbound Laurentian is entering Albany Union Station before it was abandoned in favor of new station on the east side of the Hudson in Rensselaer.

The 2009 Toys for Tots train departs Kenwood Yard in Albany, NY on its way to its first stop of the day in Mechanicville.

Up to this point, the only trains on the D&H that have been led by DME power have been the ethanol trains that originate in the Midwest. In the last couple days, however, DME SD40-3 #6054 has led... (more)

A CP conductor walks alongside a CP/D&H #643 empty ethanol train sitting on the runner at Kenwood Yard. The train's crew will double the consist on to another cut of empties from the Global One... (more)

Both the #414 and the #642 side by side at Green Street with the 'China Doll' smiling down from above on a cold Sunday afternoon in Albany.

An all red #414 enters Kenwood Yard in downtown Albany with a trio of former SBX SD's the '5698', '5677' & '5690'. The freight is passing a canned #642 ethanol train that came down earlier in t... (more)

After record snowfalls along the East Coast, Amtrak 710 prepares the motive power in Albany, New York before proceeding along the Hudson Line to NYC.

Catching a daylight #642 ethanol loads in the Capital Region on the D&H was one of my wish list quirks of late 2010. It took the second day of 2011 before I got both an arriving #414 and a cann... (more)

Delaware & Hudson #408 (Alco C420) was built in 1964 as Lehigh Valley 408 and acquired by D&H in March 1976

With a new CSX crew on board this loaded ethanol off the CP/D&H prepares to depart CP tracks at the south end of Kenwood Yard and roll onto the CSX Port Sub. This location is the junction point be... (more)

Coming through the 'concrete canyon' in downtown Albany with five EMDs as the dreaded 'standard time' kicks in and daylight savings ends.

A rare visitor to the Capital Region most days is this weathered former SOO SD60M '6061', one of the last in the series to be built by EMD. The crew are ready to unhook their train at Green Str... (more)

CP #414 passes a canned sludge train out of Fort Edward(#628) with CSXT/UP/CSXT power waiting for a recrew on the East Runner as it approaches Kenwood Yard out of the 'concrete canyon' in downto... (more)