It's off to work they go, just as the Livonia Avon & Lakeville has since 1965.

55 ALCOs still are operating in New York state. Here two get a wash. The Livonia Avon & Lakeville fleet are well taken care of-- cosmetically and mechanically.

A new coupler for this fine looking Alco, the third stop on my EMPIRE ALCO TOUR 2010. New York state has the largest number of running ALCOs in the United States. By Summer's end, I hope to chro... (more)

The MA&N's Utica crew returns to the Mohawk Valley after delivering a rare boxcar to Lyons Falls. The covered hoppers behind the locomotive are from Boonville. Service to the northern end of thi... (more)

The Hornell Turn rolls east through a postcard-like scene on the former Erie mainline in western New York.

The Southern Appalachia Railway Museum ran an excursion on the Upper Hudson River Railroad on Monday, May 17, 2010. The train ran from North Creek, NY to Corinth, NY (the UHRR normally only runs ... (more)

DL&W master mechanic Roger is carefully lifting off the front vents on DL&W 1044 so they can be lubed.

This engine has recently been purchased by the Catskill Mountain Railroad and is currently on its way to the railroad from New York City. Seen here in a tandem trailer lot in Newburgh, NY It will ... (more)

Is it a coincidence?

On a beautiful summer day, The Hornell Turn leads a short train across the causeway at Andover Pond on it's return leg back to Olean, NY. The New York Central acquired the lead locomotive in 1967 ... (more)

This ominous dark cloud came out of nowhere on an otherwise bright overcast day right before the Hornell Turn passed through. It foreshadowed the crew’s trouble, as the lead engine would cut out... (more)

LA&L 418 smokes it up as it leads the LA&L freight out of Lakeville.

Two "big sixes" lead the Hornell Turn through a rural scene as they head back towards Olean.

GVT's MA&N local has Finished switching out the Utica Yard and get's ready to couple onto a cut of cars to deliver to a customer in Rome.

MHWA 2454 and 642, both former BC Rail, as if the paint wasn't a dead giveaway, back across the Black River on their way back to the depot. MA&N crews were out getting some TTX centerbeams ready t... (more)