What I did on my Summer vacation, redux: An early morning scene at the Mad River & NKP Museum. NYC X665 was steam powered in its' day, weighing 42.5 tons. Built in Ridgeway, Pennsylvania in 19... (more)

In the sunset, Amtrak #69 brings up "Babbling Brook" on the rear. The Babbling Brook was built for the New York Central Railroad in 1949. Having problems competing with inexpensive and faster air... (more)

Built in 1949 by the Budd Co. for the New York Central Railroad as a 5 double bedroom, buffet, observation lounge, the Babbling Brook brings up the rear of Amtrak Adirondack tonight.

For nearly a decade I would see this view from the back of a taxi when running errands for my family's business in the City. Leave it to my friend and fellow railfan Dennis Livesey to show me how ... (more)

Photographed from the Roosevelt Avenue bridge, New York Central train #28 the NEW ENGLAND STATES at LaSalle Street Station in Chicago . An A-B-A set provide the power with E8A #4089 in the l... (more)

Caboose on display next to the former NYC, now Lycoming Valley line in Jersey Shore PA.

New York Central observation car Hickory Creek brings up the rear of the Toys for Tots train at NYS&W's Hawthorne Station. The U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, Toys for Tots train, made stops on the NYS... (more)

Sometimes the locomotive isn't the most interesting thing on the train. The Lake Shore Limited rolls along the former "Water Level Route" with the NYC Hickory Creek observation car at the tail end... (more)

The abandoned Big Four Bridge over the Ohio River in Louisville has been re-purposed as a pedestrian bridge (I'm guessing one of the sturdiest ones out there).

New York Central and Hudson River's pride, #999, built in 1893 and the first locomotive travel at 100 miles per hour, sits now in the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago.

An unusual visitor to these parts of the US, New York Central heavyweight passenger car "Portland" takes up the rear of 11 as it goes under the MP 377 signal bridge for the last time, as the signa... (more)

Built by the New York Central between 1929 and 1934 as way to move trains through Manhattan’s West Side above the streets of the city, the High Line would serve the city well and even earned the... (more)

Modern power meets elegant varnish... During Grand Central Terminal's Parade of Trains anniversary celebration, Metro-North P32AC-DM 202 (built in 1995) found itself next to former New York... (more)

The New York Central railroad's "20th Century Limited" "Tonawanda Valley" is a 1928 Pullman built Observation Sleeper Lounge car. Here it is seen at the "Grand Centennial Parade of Trains" present... (more)