An ex Penn Central SW1500 with Conrail patching awaits its next assignment at the Croton-Harmon shops. Built for Penn Central in 1972, the switcher is a mere 7-years-old at this point, although lo... (more)

I have to go a bit on memory here as my notes were simply the engine road numbers (I was probably too excited by events to write anything down), but the morning (or early afternoon) of January 28,... (more)

I have to go a bit on memory here as my notes were simply the engine road numbers (I was probably too excited by events to write anything down), but the morning (or early afternoon) of January 28,... (more)

BThis was a shot you could never get, which was taken by standing north of Haworth Avenue in Haworth NJ on a sunny weekend morning (Jan 27, 1979) The reason you couldn't get this was the regulars ... (more)

Based on the mid-day looking sun, this Conrail SERU7 was running a bit later than usual. SERU was a Selkirk NY to Rutherford PA (Albany to Harrisburg) manifest that went capital city to capital ci... (more)

The spot where I was standing to take this photo was my "go to" railfanning location for a number of years. There was a group of regulars who you could find here on weekend mornings. Thi... (more)

TV16, a DeWitt (Syracuse) NY to North Bergen trailer van train, passes by the former Haworth NJ station location (the station was long ago razed by this point). This was the second trailer van tra... (more)

On the morning of January 20 TV9a, Tuesday through Saturday North Bergen to Chicago trailer van train, was led by the unusual consist of a U25B with a very damaged front porch, a U25C and a U28C. ... (more)

It's July 1, 1978 and the long summer days actually put some sunlight on the nose of a northbound, as a Conrail manifest heads towards Selkirk (and maybe beyond) along the Hudson River. Two Conrai... (more)

Conrail FL9 #5039, wearing MTA's blue and yellow scheme that dated to Penn Central days, brings train 8836 south from Poughkeepsie. The train was made up of two coaches another FL9 (also in the bl... (more)

On December 6, 20204, BNSF's First Watson tackles the steep grade of Monoco Hill in Lawndale, California, with an consist of 30 tank cars and a single buffer car. Leading the charge are a pair of ... (more)

mtrak's Floridian, launched on November 10, 2024, offers daily service between Chicago and Miami, covering approximately 1,500 miles. Passing through Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia, here on N... (more)

A Franconia-Springfield bound set of Alstom 6000s Blue Train comes to a stop at Arlington Cemetery with the Rosslyn skyline behind it.

A set of Kawasaki 7000s rolls out of Arlington Cemetery with a Metro Rail Blue Line train to Largo. 

Moments before sundown, a CDTX SC44 Charger pushes out of Van Nuys with Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train 784. https://flic.kr/p/2qwE2RL