The SC-7 crew has completed their work at the former D&H Green Ridge Yard and have added a large cut of loaded frac sand cars to their train. The head end has just crossed the Lackawanna River on... (more)

The engineer on Delaware Lackawanna SC-7 shoves west to clear the switch for the Vine Street Branch. In the process SC-7s three ALCOs respond with a cloud of black exhaust smoke. The train will ... (more)

Delaware Lackawanna SC-7 shoves a cut of cars toward the frac sand terminal in Simpson, PA. The engineer has notched out the throttle a bit and the consist has responded in typical Alco fashion. ... (more)

Delaware Lackawanna SC-7 heads for Carbondale via the Vine Street Branch with three units and five cars in tow. The crew would pick up a healthy cut of frac sand loads at Green Ridge Yard before ... (more)

With their work complete, this Raritan Central crew is returning their power to the service tracks. RCRY 5 is the only operating GP30 in the state of New Jersey, as far as I know.

NJ Transit's Pennsylvania Railroad heritage unit leads an early morning eastbound across the historic 1908-built "River Draw". This bridge was originally built for the New York & Long B... (more)

A bit of fall foliage still clings to a few trees along the banks of the Raritan while Amtrak's rolling red billboard crosses high above the river.

An empty "Dirt Train" returns from the disposal site in East Carbon, UT. The train is making good time heading west back to Helper, UT on UP's Green River Sub behind a matched set of th... (more)

BNSF's Colorado Springs-based local works the beer distributor at the extreme north end of the Roswell Spur. This trackage was once part of the original Santa Fe right of way through Colorado Spr... (more)

Union Pacific's Colorado Springs local is headed up the Roswell Spur behind a Rio Grande GP40-2. The train is about to cross under N Cascade Ave, shortly after entering the spur from the Colorado... (more)

Union Pacific's "Dirt Train" is led by a typical (for the era) three-pack of Rio Grande tunnel motors as the train approaches the disposal site in East Carbon. The snow-covered Wasatch ... (more)

Union Pacific's Colorado Springs Local delivers box cars to a customer siding off the Roswell Spur on the north end of Colorado Springs. This siding is located off N El Paso Street and is no long... (more)

Magic status: Shared. The rolling red billboard leads Amtrak 161 from Boston to Washington DC on a crystal clear fall afternoon. Fans were out in droves along the entire length of the Nor... (more)

Two Metro North "West of Hudson" commuter units share shop space with M&E 20 at Morristown & Erie's shop. The visiting units are having PTC equipment installed by Alstom who was renting... (more)

NJ Transit's PRR heritage unit shoves a weekend local west out of Morristown station through Baker Interlocking. The track at right is the connection to the Morristown & Erie Railway. Some late-... (more)