SB CP 450 is seen Coming through "JA" with MPM in the background.

Dwarfed by the 259 ft length of the historically significant canal motorship "Day Peckinpaugh", the 65 ft long SD40-2 leader on CP 450 rolls SB towards Kenwood Yard at the Port of Albany,NY on a s... (more)

Saratoga to Kenwood Yard (Port of Albany) turn job crosses the frozen Erie Canal at Lock E-3 (behind the bridge) with 44 cars. Trailing units are SOO SD60m 6058 and ICE 6215. Two historic canal bo... (more)

The annual Toys For Tots train rolls north with a D&H engine on the point and a former D&H unit trailing, CP 7307, ex DH 7307. Train departed Kenwood Yard at the Port of Albany around 8:10AM and i... (more)

Sometimes railfan photography is a study of struggles, frustrations and compromises. After missing a crucial detour train by about a half an hour at Mechanicville, I accidently spilled my McDo... (more)

Flip a coin on the location. The middle of the river marks the border between the Town of Waterford in Saratoga County (on the left) and the City of Cohoes in Albany County (on the right). The tra... (more)

Westbound approaching Melville at the MP 271 hotbox detector with a dimensional load.

A day before my 20th birthday, southbound along the Hudson.

A pair of D&H PAs rolls the Adirondak south to Albany along the Hudson River.

The CSX OCS bound for Saratoga Springs, NY, crosses the Erie Canal in Waterford, NY on CP's Colonie Main.

The big boys are heading north for Saratoga for the Whitney Stakes at the race track. One of those times in railfanning you hope the cloud shadows behave and the camera's got clean batteries! ... (more)

Three war wagon 'reds' approach Bell's Lane past the Momentive Plant with a mid-morning blessing from the EMD Gods on the D&H.

Making a wonderful din off the snowy rock buffs of the Mohawk River Runoff, a CP northbound #414 freight rumbles into Waterford after meeting the NS #938 at Colonie.

Five colorful EMDs approach Bell's Lane in Waterford past the Momentive Silicon Plant on the old Colonie Main Line between Mechanicville and Albany. CP #414 continues to be THE Dash 2 train of ... (more)

Colorful EMD leased power had found it's way to the D&H and the historic Colonie Main. CP #414 is seen approaching Waterford near the former JA Cabin on it's journey to Albany's Kenwood Yard le... (more)