Its a mere 25 degrees out as the polar vortex covers most of the country and bringing a blistering cold wind, but this does not stop me from doing my daily train watching as i get a update from a ... (more)

ITs a sunny warm afternoon as I wait for NS 931 with KCS 4829 leading the north bound charge. The NS 931 will tie down at Ballston. Here tje NS 931 thunders across the Mohawk River at Glenville

Today CSX is completely dead as hell but I was out and about looking for trains to catch, good trains well a phone call comes in from a good source that the CSX K419 was outbound on track 1 in the... (more)

Today I was Asst Brakeman for the Fall Foliage Train and a CACV Work Extra. It was a very packed with many people and happy riders including the action packed wild west gang that re-enacted a tra... (more)

Its breezy, but warm autumn afternoon as I prepare to go on duty for the Cooperstown Blues Express. Tonight was was the last run of the Cooperstown Blues Express til next year. When I arrived th... (more)

The Beaten Warrior- Its a warm sunny afternoon as I hang trackside for a eastbound Manifest CSX Q626-14 with the HLCX 6341 leading the eastbound charge. Here we see the CSX Q626-14 at Youmans Mea... (more)

Canadian Invasion- On this quiet afternoon in the town of Mariaville, the town is awakened by GEs in notch eight battling the Mariaville Grade with a heavy Q620 in tow for Selkirk. The lead unit ... (more)

Golden Hour begins at the Canadian Pacific's Kenwood Yard in Downtown Albany as the CP D45 Saratoga Local Turn prepares to build its massive 150 car freight bound for Saratoga. The train makes st... (more)

On a cold Autumn Day, with the sun shining I hike down to the Black Marsh to capture this one of a kind picture as we see the SMS NE-1 Mainline Local service returning east with eight carloads of ... (more)

Its a hot summer afternoon in Upstate New York as Railfans Scramble to catch the CSX K418 Bakken Crude oil bound for Seawarren in Northern New Jersey. CSX has been impacted by the recent oil boom... (more)

The Eagles Soar-With the Foreign power saga continuing in Upstate New York on the CSX Chicago Mainline between Chicago and Selkirk. Its last in the afternoon as CSX Q381-31 starts its decent into... (more)

NS Thunder- With a nice Fall Afternoon as we get the NS Office Car special Returning south at CPF-480, the former D&H Signals that protected the Mohawk North Siding. With an array of Colors and l... (more)

Sporting a sharp ex-BN cream and green SD70MAC as the lead unit, CSX K041 rumbles West through the center of Voorheesville, NY on the CSX Selkirk Subdivision on a sunny July afternoon. Right behin... (more)

CSX Q627 heads west through the meadows near Milepost 21 on the Selkirk Sub on a hot summer evening. Note the somewhat rare GP15T trailing.

Across The Mohawk. On a patchy June day in the Mohawk Valley, the sun breaks through the clouds in time for CSX Intermodal train L112 as it crosses the recently-rebuilt Mohawk River Bridge ... (more)