The Empire Service travels South along the Hudson River in the morning with the Bannerman Castle in the background.

Bi-Cabular. The Amtrak crew qualification train for Grand Central Terminal Service was also the first time that many of the engineers had operated MARC-IIB cab cars. On April 21, 2018, the ... (more)

Amtrak's Westbound Lake Shore Limited hustles through Beacon Station, passing an inbound Metro North commuter train to Grand Central. The Lake Shore will continue up the Hudson Valley to Albany, w... (more)

Is this my train? Oh, nope. Amtrak's Ethan Allen Express from Rutland surprises a crowd of Yankees fans heading to tonight's game as it thunders through Beacon on its way to Penn Station.

"Precision Meets Metro-North at Beacon"

The Metro-North Plow Extra, led by two Precision Locomotive Leasers, begins cable digging as a northbound Poughkeepsie train prepares to pass ... (more)

"Towing The Plow Extra With Precision"

On the morning of October 23rd, 2021, Precision Locomotive Leasing MPI MP20B-3 PNLX 2107 and PNLX 9619 GP40-2LW lead the Metro-North Plow Extra... (more)

"MNR Rail Train at Beacon" Metro North GP35rs 108 & 104 head south down Track 3 at Beacon on the upper Hudson Line with the empty rail train in tow. The train dropped continuously welded r... (more)

"Bombin' thru Breakneck"

The premature snowfall earlier in the week is still very much in evidence as Amtrak 284 passes Bannerman's Arsenal on the afternoon of November 17, 2018. The color of those trees that have been ab... (more)

A northbound Grand Central-Poughkeepsie train operated by Conrail for the New York MTA kicks up dust as it approaches the station at Beacon, NY, behind a pair of Conrail FL9s, with lead unit 5040 ... (more)

This Penn Central freight out of Selkirk Yard was southbound at Beacon, NY, on a summer afternoon, about to diverge from the Hudson Line onto the former New Haven Beacon Branch in order to head ea... (more)

A bright sun greets Amtrak 252 as it passes Bannerman Arsenal on Pollepel Island near Beacon, NY on Saturday, April 21, 2018. The Bannerman Castle Trust has done substantial work in recent years t... (more)

The 712 leads a southbound Empire Service Train past Bannerman's Castle on Pollepel Island on the Hudson River.

Hudson Line Over Fishkill Creek - Photo taken from Dennings Point State Park.

Autumn Express Under the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge: Heritage P42DC #145 leads Amtrak's Autumn Express approaches Metro-North's Beacon Station with the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge visible in the dis... (more)