Making the last move for BF-1 tonight, Pan Am Heritage engine ST 77 leads 377 across the Stone Arch Bridge over the Connecticut River enroute to the ex-GMRC engine terminal in North Walpole, NH at... (more)

Wheeling past the station at Port Henry on CP's D&H Canadian Main Line comes a rare sight as SD9043MAC 9142, one of three remaining in operation and qualified to lead in the U.S., leads the overni... (more)

It's 02:33 as Pan Am Heritage engine ST 77 brightens up the night on the Conn. River Line crossing the VRS diamond and passing the station in Bellows Falls with local BF-1s freight trailing. A gra... (more)

Caught out on the road, with a train.....AT NIGHT! Pan Am Heritage engines 77 & 52, wearing Boston and Maine (77) and Maine Central (52) '50's era paint schemes, roll past the feed store in Westmi... (more)

Tim Beaulac and Don Provencher, staying out late, complete this classic New England autumn scene in Gorham, NH as they take in the view of SLR train 393 passing through town at 01:42 behind Road S... (more)

The father and son team of Michael Ricketts and son Greg bring Clarendon and Pittsford train 264 into Rutland passing this photogenic shed which has seen many a VRS, Rutland and D&H train pass by ... (more)

Local D45 has been assigned the last two engines on the CP roster to wear variations of the D&H Lightning Stripe scheme for two weeks now. My third attempt at catching the pair working alone produ... (more)

Upon learning of CN 324/323 running at night due to daytime trackwork, and the chance that ex-Oakway SD60 5451 might lead 323,I asked Frank Jolin to pose in my night photo tonight. Here are the re... (more)

Early fireworks in Williamstown on Pan Am appears in the form of the Norfolk Southern Heritage Engine leading a long 23k container train past the station and a smiling night photographer at 04:26.

Due to the original crew outlawing earlier the previous evening, Pan Am's RJ-1 makes a very rare night move at 02:10 with Vermont Rail System interchange past the gorgeous restored station at Nort... (more)

CP 930, normally the domain of b&w NS power produces a very pleasant deviation from the norm tonight in the form of a pair of BNSF locomotives! Looking grand under the flash lighting, the western ... (more)

VTR GP 40 301 brings the second section of an ethanol train over Cuttingsville Bridge above the Mill River on VRS Green Mountain trackage at 19:24. Trains and their dramatic appearances here are ... (more)

A rare night train on VRS Green Mountain trackage! GMRC GP 40 304 leads the first of two sections of a unit train of ethanol across Cuttingsville Bridge above the Mill River at 18:51. The scenic l... (more)

In celebrating its 50th Anniversary, VRS took the dog of the fleet, ex-CN GP 40-2W 311 and transformed it into the pride of the fleet! Complete with one of a kind paint scheme featuring gold truck... (more)

Normally, my final photo for the year (day or night) in past years has been a personal thing, just getting out to visit a favorite location and its passing trains, nothing special. This night howe... (more)