Nothing quite like a big Alco Century... these were the most lovely of brutes, even a former Penn Central one that had been patched for Conrail. Regarding the black dirt, this was the Pit at Meado... (more)

Getting Ready. Former New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad 529 (RS-3, Alco, 8/1950) is a long time member of the roster at the Railroad Museum of New England. It is seen sitting behin... (more)

Back to back buttheads on a local freight. I love it! And one in this B&M inspired scheme. Maine weather, not so much.

Back in college days, we had no money and few days off, to see everything! We got a good shot, passed up 10th street, did friendly wave and a hardy Hi Yo Silver and pressed on. I'm still kicking... (more)

Looking forlorn at the shops, this unit was later painted up and kept going. I wonder why they chose that old-style headlight in the era of sealed beams. Lots of 32 volt bulbs on hand I guess, L... (more)

The hard luck unit in the GE catalog, or should I say one of the hard luck units. These seemed to go into storage first when business went down on any railroad. This one looks like it spent too ... (more)

Not all DL&W switcher motive power was in the 600 to 1200hp range. In the fall of 1948, three 380hp 44-tonners were assembled at GE's Erie plant, for light duty switching operations on the Lack... (more)

New York Cross Harbor Railroad S1 #25 street running on 2nd Avenue near Bush Terminal in Brooklyn New York on May 1, 1998, gets some protection from the city's finest as the crew tries to figure o... (more)

National Locomotive was a start up locomotive rebuilder on the propery of the Morristown & Erie Railroad in Morristown NJ. They had a bunch of retired Norfolk & Western RS36s and RS11s that they w... (more)

I've been seeing a lot of great shots of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad 367 by Tracey Green, Travis Mackey and others that it reminded me I had shot it before, too. On a dreary day in 2013, I shot... (more)

The NYS&W 3000 leads a fall foliage special by Cook's Crossing, south of Sherburne, New York.

By 1980 the RS1s were pretty much relegated to the Edgewater Branch. Today, both the branch and the RS1s are gone, the track is River Road, and the Ford Plant is River Club Apartments. That blue b... (more)

M&E 18 is nearing the end of the High Bridge Branch in Bartley, NJ. The crew will soon be working the Toys R Us warehouse siding before heading back east. Here the conductor climbs back aboard a... (more)

April 29, 1978, Allentown PA - the unique high-short hood LV RS3 (which they acquired from corporate parent Pennsylvania Railroad), was still in her LV colors, be it with stenciled "CR" and Conrai... (more)

A trio of big Alco’s are homeward bound near Liberty under late afternoon light.