For the first time since she began operating on the Reading & Northern, Central Railroad of New Jersey 0-6-0 113 faces south as she sits outside the R&N's Port Clinton headquarters. CNJ 113 has ju... (more)

Double Gs (and an E). Thanks to the efforts of the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey and Star Trak, Inc., the hills of northern New Jersey is the only place to see two cosmet... (more)

Hitchin' a ride after work. After a long day on one of New York Central's premier passenger trains, this conductor gets a ride home from his buddy and two girl friends while unique NYC E8A ... (more)

Happy late birthday to me. The morning after my birthday in July, NS saw fit to bring me the Nickel Plate heritage unit on the point of intermodal train 20R, seen here rounding the curve at... (more)

Norfolk Southern Railway heritage in NJ. NS 8114, painted in a scheme representing the original Norfolk Southern Railway, leads NS intermodal 20W eastbound over the Raritan River in Neshani... (more)

Tuscan Red Looks Ahead, Looks South. With plenty of railfans lining both sides of the grade crossing, PRR E8 5809 leads the 3-car Streamliner Special through the Salisbury, NC Amtrak statio... (more)

Amtrak 193 brings up the markers of Downeaster 686 as it shoves the train past the former Boston & Maine Tower A, across the Charles River drawbridge and into North Station. The Zakim Bridge and t... (more)

Because of the last-minute cancellation of an event in western Massachusetts, the Pan Am Railways OCS overnighted in East Deerfield Thursday night. The next morning, the classy train began its dea... (more)

Southern Serves New Jersey. On a clear and warm Sunday afternoon in early March, Norfolk Southern ES44AC 8099, wearing a Southern Railway heritage paint scheme, leads intermodal train 212 a... (more)

After the storm. The morning after over a foot of snow fell across northern New Jersey dawned clear, but windy and cold. One of NJ Transit's newest locomotives, a "dual mode" ALP-45DP, shov... (more)

First revenue run. After months of testing, Amtrak ACS-64 600, the class unit of 70 to be built by Siemens, entered revenue service on a beautiful Friday afternoon, leading train 171 from B... (more)

On a cold and windy Saturday morning, a pair of Maryland Transportation Authority LRVs roll to a stop at the Camden Yards station in downtown Baltimore. After a handful of passengers board, the pa... (more)

One last "Dress Blue." In February 2013, NS SD50 5406 (ex-Conrail 6712) was one of the final four Conrail-painted engines that remained on the active NS roster. I was lucky enough to be in ... (more)

After hearing about the demolition a week ago of the former B&O VN Tower in Nova, Ohio, I went searching through my archives to find the shots from a... (more)

Pusher Service! Western Maryland 2-8-0 729 is earning its keep helping a freight up the former Cumberland & Pennsylvania line toward Frostburg, seen here crossing the second of two bridges ... (more)