CN 3254 thunders through Elmhurst, PA heading for Tobyhanna with a Fall Foliage excursion. Unfortunately, there wasn't too much color on the trees for the trip, but the old Mikado still put on qui... (more)

NS 1700 and 3429 idle by the Browns Yard office before their overnight run back to Oak Island Yard. Taken with permission.

Different looks, same insides. With a 16-cylinder, 3,000 horsepower EMD engine in both locomotives, only the body styles differentiate between SD40-2 3429, at left, and SD45-2 1700, heading... (more)

Erie U34CH 3371 in commuter service somewhere in NJ. The U34CH was built for New Jersey DOT/Erie Lackawanna commuter service. Basically, it was a U36C, but some of the power was used through modi... (more)

Former Erie-Lackawanna facility

It is always good to see a former EL unit running on former EL trackage. It is even better when that unit is an ALCO. MHWA 2453 was built as EL 2453 and was sold to BC Rail before returning to t... (more)

NS SD45 test locomotive.

As severe storms develop to the north and west, NS 1702 and 1705 lead OI-16 into Browns Yard just after 4PM and before the rain. The SD45-2s have been the common power on the Oak Island to Browns ... (more)

Erie F3 units 714-D,C,B,A sit alongside FT set 704 at Secaucus. The F3 set was purchased from the defunct NYO&W. Coincidence had it that a friend and I were there that day to photograph the NYO&W ... (more)

I find it fitting that the one and only train I saw on the 10 year anniversary of the split of Conrail would be a set of ex-CR SD45-2s. NS 1705 (ex-CR 6666), which was always my favorite Conrail e... (more)

EL S1 310 backs through North Judson.

Erie GP7 1401 is clean and shiny as it sits with a six car westbound train at Ridgewood.

Dynamic brakes whine as four unit F7 711-A,B,C,D slows for a stop at Ridgewood. This train stopped to set out the first two box cars and then continued on the Bergen County line to Croxton Yard. T... (more)

EL hump job Marion OH

The GP7 and two car Boonton Line train sit at the main line ( Morristown and Essex ) side of the Denville station. This was probably due to track work on the Boonton Line according to the late Dav... (more)