Train #48, The Lake Shore Limited (far right), passes Empire Service Train #242 on Track 1 while the locomotive for Train #448 pull forward on Track 2.

An early morning SB Empire Service train from Rensselaer to New York Penn Station has just left the station as it rolls by some nice foliage.

Alco meets EMD as the Delaware & Hudson's southbound Laurentian from Montreal arrives at the Albany-Rensselaer station behind PA 19, while Penn Central E8 4051 stands by on an Empire Service assig... (more)

The most recent Empire Phase III repaint, AMTK 702, leads Empire Service 280 into Rensselaer. The train originated in Niagara Falls and is headed for New York Penn Station. The Albany skyline, whi... (more)

It's been a terrible Fall in the Northeast and on another rain soaked gloomy day the Ocean View dome and a P42 pull off the fence track to back on to the NB Adirondack for the trip to Montreal. Th... (more)

An Empire Corridor train has arrived at Albany-Rensselaer station behind a former GO Transit GP40TC. A crew and power change will take place before the train continues south to New York City behi... (more)

An Amtrak P32-8BWH that has been running out of Rensselaer for the last few months leads Empire Service 280 into Rensselaer. The train originated in Niagara Falls and is headed for New York Penn S... (more)

In 2010, I was assigned as project manager to get the dome car wrapped for its fall foliage tour on the Adirondack and Cardinal. The design is by artist Michael Schwab, and is consistent with many... (more)

CSX West Albany based local makes it's way past the Rensselaer rail station on it's way to the Port of Rensselaer. The local has 6 asphalt loads and 6 empty scrap cars.

Penn Central train 72, a Buffalo-New York Empire Service run, gets underway for Grand Central out of the original Albany-Rensselaer station behind a pair of E-units. Tired-looking E7 4030 is an ex... (more)

AMTK 711 in Empire Phase III leads a NB Grand Central test train with 5 amcoaches and AMTK 95 (trailing) up Track 4 at Rensselaer. AMTK 711 has been fitted with 3rd rail shoes compatible with the ... (more)

On a fall afternoon, Amtrak's southbound Adirondack has arrived at Albany-Rensselaer station, where D&H PA 17 and the dome car will come off and the coaches will be forwarded to Grand Central Term... (more)

FL9 484's days of revenue service are mostly behind it when I took this photo, sitting quietly in the yard with a few sister units as the first order of modern P32AC-DMs had taken over.

AMTK 520 puts out a bit of exhaust as it shuffles ballast hoppers around the north end of the storage yard at the Rensselaer station. Ballast is being trucked in and loaded in hoppers at the stora... (more)

The CSX West Albany local is switching 5 loads out of Rensselaer Iron & Steel. Due to the length of track between the switch and end of track bumper, this requires 2 moves. As the local pulls towa... (more)