The first rays of sunlight are just hitting the landscape as Amtrak’s Empire Service train #230 passes Pollepel Island. The castle ruins were once the warehouses of a Scottish arms merchant who ... (more)

Just out of Port Henry, this southbound manifest will skirt Lake Champlain most of the way to Whitehall. A big thanks to Ben Martin who gave me a tour of his childhood stomping grounds of the form... (more)

The Tropicana Juice train has just begun it’s long journey back to Florida with a train of empties out of the Bayonne terminal. After crossing Newark Bay, the train will pass under the flight pa... (more)

Crossing Newark Bay out of Oak Island Yard, a Conrail Shared Assets transfer crosses the 1930 Lehigh Valley built bridge into Bayonne.

Having climbed Hyde Street from near sea level, the riders are enjoying the views of the city from atop Russian Hill. In the distance is Alcatraz Island.

Flanked by the DL&W F3’s and a Bigboy, the Nickel Plate Berk is the star of the Spring Cleaning night photo session. The lighting was set up to illuminate the front-ends, but I found this scene ... (more)

The snow is coming down fast and heavy, but safety is still job #1 for the conductors as they insure that all the weary commuters get off and out of the way before the train continues it’s westw... (more)

A bright moon illuminates the struggle of machine against the mountain. In this case, the mountain won. With two units on the front and a single DPU on the rear, this train could not make it up th... (more)

With a long load of empties for the Wildcat load-out, the engineer is slowing the train as he approaches the siding so that the brakeman can hop off and throw the switch.

As the sun sets behind the Wasatch Mountains, the constant battle against gravity continues as a train struggles up the 2.4% grade to the summit. Even with four big units up front and a DPU at the... (more)

With just a single car bound for the CP interchange, the short train and beautiful scenery offer a classic view of short line railroading.

With six cars picked up at the CP interchange, the twice weekly train leaves Eagle Bridge and crosses the ice filled Hoosick River headed for East Greenwich.

In a scene that could have been shot 35 years ago, this former Greenwich & Johnsonville RS-3 pulls 6 cars past a classic farm scene. As an extra historical bonus, this locomotive was originally de... (more)

Dawn is just breaking on Dalies Junction as a hot pig train passes through the signals en route to Belen. The line to the right heads to Albuquerque and was the original mainline, now a secondary ... (more)

Moving fast and silently, the Acela leaves a wake of flying snow behind it.