CSX local freight L020 heads east on Amtrak's Hudson Line with salt loads for Troy on a cold but sunny February morning.

A small Amtrak Hartford Line train departs Springfield as the building in downtown loom in the background on an unusually warm January afternoon.

SMS NE-1 heads back to the Northeast Industrial Park after interchanging cars with NS in Delanson.

NS intermodal train 265 reaches the top of Kelley's Grade in Delanson as it passes some spectacular fall colors.

NS intermodal train 264 heads past the distant signal for CPF499 at milepost 496.6 in Duanesburg as it makes its way north to Mechanicville.

CP local G53 begins its climb up the Glens Falls Branch after doing some switching in the small yard at Fort Edward.

NS train 23K rolls through the Village of Central Bridge on its way south towards Binghamton. This area was once sprawling with tracks but now only the single main track exists.

EDRJ comes to a stop at Van Buren Ln in Glenville where the crew will cut off the power and run light to RJ Yard. This was local rail legend Hal T. Raven's last run on the Pan Am.

An "Empire Service" trainset with Amtrak 711 on the head end sits at the shops in Rensselaer as Amtrak 50th anniversary unit 108 hides behind it having just come off the first westbound ... (more)

The inaugural run of the Pittsfield, MA-NYC "Berkshire Flyer" blasts east towards its next stop in Rensselaer with Amtrak 50th anniversary unit 108 leading the train.

30T with a rainbow consist including CP, UP and NS units shoves back the final few yards onto its train after picking up the NS units at CPF503.

Two units that were dropped by 11R earlier in the morning sit on the main at CPF503 near Esperance. The pair would be picked up a few hours later by 30T.

A busy moment is captured in Delanson as NS train 95G, an FRA inspection train waits on the left as 11R puts its train back together after making a pickup on the right.

Changing times: CSX local freight L020 (ex B761) splits the old NYC searchlights on the Carman Sub. These signals are short on time as new "vador" signals can be seen to the left. The Ca... (more)

Amtrak train P942 rolls past South Schenectady Yard as CSX local L020 waits in the background. This train is the result of the shutdown of Amtrak's Hudson Line between Rensselaer and West Albany. ... (more)