Nearly 40 years and a couple thousand horsepower seperate these two brutes.
Idling away on MC-3, 1800 looks pretty good for beeing nearly 40 years old.
Q409 weaves through Ridgefield Park after an all day trip down the River Line. Nikon D50 70-300mm. www.railroad-photography.com
An early morning southbound on the River Sub. with the remnants of overnight storms still lingering.
The sun breaks through thick early morning cloud cover as a CSX auto-rack train with UP power heads north on the River Sub. This same power led Q433 south the day before.
Brakeman on WS-5 tries to keep in shape while riding to a hitch.
WS-5 drags a cut of cars eastward with an old "barking" GE on the lead.
On the Susquehanna in 2006 it is unusual to find so many similarly-painted units congregating in one location. In this view, 1804 holds the main with a WS-3 local, while power from road train SU-... (more)
Susquehanna 3688 gets some mechanical attention this early morn.
Q164 crosses Overpeck Creek on it's way south.
WS-2 needs two units today to switch out a very long SU-100 which arrived earlier in the morning. The hind end of this cut of cars was at least a mile to the west, past the Mt. Vernon Street cros... (more)
The early morning sunrise was glissening off of this FURX unit as it heads northward to Selkirk.
First of many northbounds on this absolutely beautiful early morning. Water was calm as could be, creating near mirror like reflections.
Slow moving piggyback crosses overpeck creek.
