This was once a common sight across the country, now rare: a classic EMD switcher working an urban yard. Boston & Maine SW9 1231 shuttled cars at Mystic Junction in East Somerville, MA, on a sprin... (more)

Three, six-motor EMD's are inside the D&H Colonie Shops. Seemingly out of place, but with both the D&H and EL being under the N&W Dereco arrangement since 1968 it was not uncommon to see EL power ... (more)

The last D&H southbound "Laurentian" has made its station stop and accelerates out of Port Henry. Many of the faithful rode from Montreal to Port Henry, which was the farthest south we ... (more)

A trio of former New Haven U25Bs grind up Stevenson Hill on the Maybrook Line in western Connecticut, with interchange traffic for the EL and L&HR. PC had already begun routing traffic away from t... (more)

A nice blue trio of war wagons.

The last NECR detour train PAR "MFMO", the second of two such moves from the washouts in Vermont caused by tropical storm Irene, approaches Beck Road in the setting sun. As soon as I learned what... (more)

The calendar has just turned to April but there's still snow on the ground in Otter River, MA, as Boston & Maine train MERU (Mechanicville, NY, to Rumford, ME, via B&M/MEC) smokes things up on its... (more)

The head-end brakeman is about to detrain as northbound WR-1 arrives in Port Henry. The hoppers on the head-end will be set off and taken up the old Lake Champlain and Moriah Railroad, which by t... (more)

The head end crew is on board and the three U33C's (756-755-754) soon will leave Whitehall Yard for Rouses Point. WR-1 and RW-6 were the mainline freights between Wilkes Barre, PA and Rouses Point... (more)

Two Erie Lackawanna veterans, GP7 1234 and SW1200 459, are on the engine tracks of the former Lehigh Valley’s Coxton Yard. While processing this photo, I realized that the top of the Sullivan Tr... (more)

Conrail is well over a year old, but a lot of operational changes are still in the planning stages. The former EL Lackawanna Cutoff is still intact, and through trains still pass through East Stro... (more)

Legendary Delaware & Hudson engineer/RFE Bernie O’Brien was at the throttle of a set of units switching Taylor Yard when we arrived there. Soon we were aboard for a short ride out the yard lead ... (more)

The operator's view of the morning rush from the Montreal West tower. Two E-8's power a very short overnight D&H Montreal Limited up the South Junction Lead while a CP Lakeshore commuter train pow... (more)

The post-Conrail version of the Delaware & Hudson was nothing if not colorful, and the large number of Alcos on the roster made it a northeast railfan favorite. Here a C424m and two C420’s wear ... (more)