Amtrak #237 is about halfway through it's express run to Rhinecliff, NY from New York City. This train is scheduled to help shuffle commuters who live north of Metro North's service out of the cit... (more)
A SD40-2 and SD40E team up to move this rail train back and forth through Lilly, PA on an overcast February afternoon.
The small town of Humboldt is the backdrop of this scene. Only the lead two locomotives are online, and screaming away to keep the enormous train at track speed.
While driving south on I-57, I caught up with the tail-end of a southbound mainfest. After rushing to get ahead of them, I made it to the small town of Paxton, Il in time. To my surprise, the lead... (more)
Metra 407 shoves train 210 north out of Blue Island station on a clear February day.
N&W 475 chugs uphill towards towards the station on the second round trip of the day. Steam in the snow is a sight to be seen, and with the 475 still showing full N&W markings, it makes for a huge... (more)
A eastbound mixed freight drifts through Amsterdam, nearing it's destination of Selkirk, only a few miles away. Meanwhile, the snow has picked up, and with the whipping wind has made for quite the... (more)
The Chicago-bound Lakeshore Limited chugs along the Hudson river as it approaches the Bear Mountain Bridge. On the near side of the river, CSX train Q409 rolls south over Popolopen Creek.
In the last minutes of the day, a northbound CSX freight train chugs up the Hudson River. Light pollution from distant towns and New York City illuminates the sky to the south, as a full moon over... (more)
An Amtrak train to Wisconsin races through Edgebrook, while the engineer salutes us with the peace sign.
With doors open to help cool the cab on the 94+ degree day, the Q's "new" SD60 leads SU99 for the first time. Three units back, a mechanic is along for the ride to analyse any problems the two SD6... (more)
A northbound Metro-North train is about to pull into Cold Spring on it's way North. Metro-North 222 is one of three units left in "grey ghost" colors.
Amtrak 703 hustles a Empire Service train North along the Hudson river.
NS intermodal train 211 races across the Potomac River on it's run south.
In the early hours of March 10th, a late night equipment move drifts around the tunnel at Garrison, NY.