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)

NJ Transit's PRR heritage unit leads a weekend local east out of Millburn station during a rare moment of sunshine on an otherwise cloudy morning. The train has entered Millburn Interlocking wher... (more)

The remaining NY&GL equipment stored in Passaic is living on borrowed time. The Dundee Spur is slated for removal with an eye toward redevelopment. It is unclear if this equipment will be saved.... (more)

NJ Transit's Pennsylvania Railroad heritage unit has finally been set loose and is starting to make revenue runs, almost a month after being unveiled. Here the unit shoves an afternoon westbound ... (more)

An Amtrak ballast train occupies an out of service 2 Track on the Northeast Corridor in Kearny. Amtrak "pumpkin" 772 was built as Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis 710. In the early 2000s this ... (more)

A former Conrail SW1500 (ex-CR 9522) still wears a bright blue coat of paint in this view at the north end of Enola Yard. The unit was working the yard assisted by an NS GP38-2.

A WS-based local works the MC Yard adjacent to Ridgefield Park station. Power on this day was the short-lived NYSW 3042 which was surrounded by its own bluish exhaust on this cold winter day. Th... (more)

Q404 rolls north across the Doodletown Bight trestle with Iona Island and the Hudson River valley providing a backdrop. A second GEVO in DPU mode was located further back in the train.