Eastbound Susquehanna train NTV-4 drops into Deposit, New York behind two C430’s and a CF7. NTV-4 was one of the first stack trains to come to the east coast.

NYS&W 1800 brings a single C&O/Chessie System RBL east across Midland Ave in Saddle Brook. Since a trainman is riding the front steps (anyone recognize him?) the crew may have some work to do in ... (more)

"Flying Fast Freight"

On a splendid fall afternoon a trio of Boston & Maine GP40-2s climb up the Millers River valley at Erving, MA, on the point of train MERU (Mechanicville, NY, to Rumford, ME, via B&M/MEC).

After over 20 years of planning and construction, the Reading and Northern has a direct link from their Reading to Lehigh Divisions with the new Lehigh River Bridge at Glen Onoko. The NRFF uses th... (more)

With 14,000 Alco 251 horsepower up front, a trouble-plagued Susquehanna haulage train rolls to a stop at Deposit, New York. The late-afternoon shadows are quickly approaching the railhead.

After acquiring its Northern Division, the Susquehanna instituted haulage trains to move freight over trackage rights on the former Erie main line between its two divisions. To get the trains over... (more)

With a Conrail or Delaware & Hudson train sitting of the former Lackawanna main, an eastbound Susquehanna train waits for access to its yard in Binghamton, New York. Beside the Susquehanna-only C4... (more)

After arriving in Pittston and dropping their northbound train, the crew has picked up their southbound consist and is now heading back for North Reading with EMD #3050 in charge. The Reading & No... (more)

WWhen the power-short Susquehanna bought a group of ex-Burlington Northern 45-Series diesels, they were quickly placed into service in full BN paint, or stenciled for NYSW with BN numbers. Here th... (more)

A pair of Erie Lackawanna SD45s roll an eastbound freight through the yard at Port Jervis, NY, while a switcher works in the background. The oversize auto parts cars behind the power were destined... (more)

As dusk falls on a hot and hazy day, an Erie Lackawanna SD45 fronts three other EMDs on an eastbound freight at Hammond, IN.

There was a little break in the clouds for once on this trip. After a week I decided that the only way to railfan New England is to live there and have no other commitments other than waiting fo... (more)

After a southbound has passed, a northbound Delaware & Hudson manifest starts out of the siding at Dyes, New York. A pair of GP39-2’s were helpers on the head of this train, but have followed t... (more)