NW. What began with the formation of the City Point Railroad in Virginia in 1838 would later become part of the 1881 renamed Norfolk and Western Railway. Earning its nickname of “King Coa... (more)

SOU. The 1827 formation of the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company is credited as the oldest predecessor line of the Southern Railway, which took that name in 1894. While tobacco and... (more)

Cherry Creek Combo. Another unusual part of the run on New York and Lake Erie Railroad on Saturday, June 25, 2022 was a trip down to Cherry Creek, New York. Regular excursion service ends a... (more)

The End Of The End. For the first time in many years, a train traveled down the former Erie Railroad to Van Etten Road in Persia, New York on Saturday, June 25, 2022. Former Erie Railroad S... (more)

Back On The Road. Buffalo Southern 93 (Ex-South Buffalo, S4, 1951) has been recently reactivated and added to the railroad's fleet. The perfect job for this veteran switcher came around on ... (more)

GO To Niagara Falls. GO Transit/Metrolinx MP40PH-3C (MPI) 640 was the power for Train 1927 on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, seen passing the junction at Clifton returning to Toronto after makin... (more)

What Goes Up Must Come Down. With the prior day's run of the first Amtrak Maple Leaf (Train 63/VIA Train 98) returning to Toronto, Ontario for the first time since 2020, Amtrak 64/VIA Train... (more)

Welcome Back To Canada. For the first time since 2020, the Amtrak Maple Leaf (Train 63/VIA Train 98) returned to Toronto, Ontario on Monday, June 27, 2022. Due to a suspension related to th... (more)

A Clear Cattaraugus. New York and Lake Erie Railroad 308 (née-Erie 308, S1, Alco, 11/1946) was posed on the bridge over Cattaraugus Creek in Gowanda, New York on Saturday, June 25, 2022 du... (more)

Crossing the Cattaraugus. During the first photo runs of the day, New York and Lake Erie Railroad MLWs FPA4 6764 (ex-VIA 6764, neé-CN 6764) and FPA2 6758 (ex-VIA 6758, neé-CN 6758) were c... (more)

Starting Up Raton. Amtrak Southwest Chief (Train 4) was splitting the searchlights and climbing the grade at Raton, New Mexico on April 14, 2022 as the illuminated the early spring scene. W... (more)

Popular Shirt. For sale in the gft shop of the Lake Shore Railway Museum was a t-shirt that was extremely popular and requeires no explanation in this context. The recent donation of GECX 6... (more)

Historic High Horsepower. The recent donation of GECX 6002 (ex-UP 7511, AC6000CW) by Wabtec to the Lake Shore Railway Museum in North East, Pennsylvania made it the first General Electric A... (more)

Cowl Geep. During a tour of the NJ Transit Meadowlands Maintenance Complex in Kearny, New Jersey on Sunday, June 24, 2007, NJTR GP40FH-2 4139 was found resting inside the facility. This eng... (more)

Del Mar Lavender. The sun was out when Amtrak California/Amtrak CDTX 2109 (SC44, Siemens) was crossing San Dieguito Lagoon in Del Mar, California on the afternoon of Friday, April 1, 2022 i... (more)