Late evening light glints off the BNSF & NS power of a southbound "K" oil as it rumbles over the Catskill Creek on the heels of a Q156. The loaded oil is part of a four train parade o... (more)

As late evening sets in on a quiet day on the upper River Sub, the southbound parade begins to start their holding pattern out of Selkirk Yard as MOW clears up for the day. ... (more)

A remarkably clean tiger cowl leads in Q620 the last few miles to Selkirk Yard on a blue dome Saturday morning.

A weathered warrior leads the second daylight oil move south on the controlled siding past Lafarge Cement out of Selkirk Yard on a beautiful summer day in the Hudson River Valley. ... (more)

CN motive power once again has started to make a more frequent appearance into Selkirk Yard these last couple of weeks this summer. A nice Fourth of July weekend 'blast from the past' duo featu... (more)

Rumbling north over the creek on a stellar sunny evening with 81 empty tanks out of Jersey.

One of the more colorful and unusual consists in the oil parade. Thankfully I finally was able to shoot one of these in daylight on CSXT. But it would cost me partly a decent days sleep before... (more)

A very unusual duo sands the rails through a work area at Catskill NY. The Geep is former Union Pacific and the CEFX 2814 SD40-2 rebuild is former CN.

The Kingston local rumbles over the Catskill Creek on it's way to do some switching at QR-114 at the West Athens Distributor after meeting three southbounds at Alsen. Leading the train is a rar... (more)

Here is a case study of "early bird getting the worm" I guess. After this amazing consist arrived in the rain from the west yesterday to Selkirk Yard, hopes were dim in when it would head south... (more)

In beautiful early morning light, the D45 Kenwood to Saratoga Local departs Albany for it's northward run up the Colonie Sub. The middle unit 7304 will be dropped off at Colonie Yard before the... (more)

Sometimes you got to follow your gut. I raced up after my 12 hour graveyard shift at the "paste bunker' to nab this highly rare lashup of the last two surviving D&H "Lightening Stripe... (more)

Got cloud dinked when this made the southbound run a few days ago as K680. So it was nice that a nice sucker hole timed itself nicely with the cold front passing over the region with clouds and... (more)

A couple matched DME's rumble southbound with a loaded ethanol "K" train over the Catskill Creek southbound on a serene warm evening in June. Getting these mid-western units in upstate New York i... (more)

The Union Pacific schemed SD70ACEs are a personal favorite of mine of the various western ACE models that have visited NY State such as the BNSF or KCS now employed in the massive ethanol and oi... (more)