"Two years..." That is what the schedule says for the restoration of this monster (for a tourist line) to be completed. NdeM 3028 is an oil-burning light 'Niagara' or 4-8-4 built by ... (more)

A young boy goes over the parts of the newest Black River locomotive with his father as the Railroad Days photo special sits at the Flemington depot.

ARA 112 carefully rolls past the small pond off of Welch Road on its way to its final destination of the Reisdorf Mills in North Java.

My friend Amanda and the engineer of the A&A local exchange waves as it creeps across Chaffee Rd. in the village of Curriers.

Cruisin' back south through the backyards of Hometown. A special thanks goes to the property owner for letting us walk around and find different angles than those at the crossing.

The entire 10-car consist can be seen around the curve as the 'Four-and-a-Quarter' leaves the town of Nesquehoning behind.

Cruisin' through the backyards of Hometown.

RBMN 425 races east through Zehners. A zoom pan taken at 1/20 f.22.

Jim Thorpe is CNJ country once again! Okay, maybe not, but one is definitely reminded of CNJ's legendary Blue Comet (which didn't run to JT) when looking at Reading & Northern's 'Pacific' #... (more)

Keeping an eye on the sky is important while trackside to watch what the sun and clouds are doing such as a cloud rolling in front of the sun just as the train approaches. In this case, I made the... (more)

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet (in reverse order) are all visible as heavy storms begin to move off the Atlantic shore with the sun sitting perfectly between two layers... (more)

A different vantage point of a common scene. Two ex-B&LE tunnelmotors and a DM&IR unit shove a taconite train onto Dock 6 as cars continue to whiz past below on I-35.

After a long weekend of runbys (53 to be exact) Milwaukee Road's most famous 'Northern' glistens in the evening sun at Hopkins before returning home.

A year and one month later I was given the opportunity to shoot Gerdau Ameristeel's SW1200 once again, this time in the dead line with an ex-Raritan River Steel crane instead of Railroad: Gerdau Ameristeel
Locomotive: EMD SW1200
Location: Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: GAXX L212
Train ID: Switcher
Photo Date: June 09, 2008

Lesson #376: Sometimes a little research makes a photo worth posting. Last May I was given the opportunity to shoot the back-up switcher working the Gerdau Ameristeel plant in Perth Amboy, NJ. Wit... (more)