A wild mix of power leads a crude oil train across the south end of Iona Island NY on the CSX River sub.

With a nice mix of older power CSX Camden NJ to Selkirk NY train rolls up the River sub at Ft. Montgomery NY.

With a one railroad rainbow lashup only BNSF can provide, CSX crude oil train K040 works down the River sub at Ft. Montgomery NY.

A nice combination of BNSF and CP power wheels crude oil empties back west for another load as they pass the ever scenic Bear Mountain NY area on the CSX River sub.

MJR pesters the engineer of CSX 8713 on Q-409 at Ridgefield Park, NJ 3/2003.

A pair of UP AC4400CWs lead empties north.

A oil train bringing Bakken crude to the east coast rolls through the south end of Iona Island NY with soild NS power up front including NS 1069, the Virginian!!

A oil train bringing Bakken crude to the east coast rolls through Iona Island NY with a reactivated BNSF SD75I in classic Warbonnet paint.

Nearly new CP SD30C-ECO makes a rare appearance on the point of K-419 at Valley Cottage, NY 8/6/2013. These engines are usually held captive out west.

Heading down the west bank of the Hudson River.

Auto racks head south along the Hudson.

They'll go south along the Hudson when they go...SD70MAC and standard cab C40-8 duck under the Bear Mountain bridge on a fall morning that would be hard to beat.

Until a friend of mine caught AC4400CW #1, I did not realize single digited CSX locomotives were numbered such. Oh well, a nice day along the Hudson. The second unit is SD40-2 #8059. I wonder if... (more)

CSX train Q409 has a very special leader today, ex Conrail SD80MAC 4596. You don't get many chances to get these rare units in road service, and good weather besides.

It doesn’t get much better than this, two run-through ex SOO SD60 models repainted in the fresh red Canadian Pacific image lead CSX ethanol train K636 on a sunny Saturday at Iona Island NY. The ... (more)