The Kingston local spots tankers of liquid asphalt at the distributor facility near Schoharie Turnpike Road. The GP40-2/GP38-2 combo is a little unusual for this local.

The Port crew departs out of the east end of Selkirk with the K-010 trainset for the Albany Port Sub to spot the tankers at the busy Buckeye Terminal. Colorful mixed BNSF/NS lashups are common o... (more)

The Nickel Plate Heritage unit NS 8100 is seen spotting loaded oil cans for the big Buckeye Terminal at the Albany Port from an inbound K010 out of Selkirk Yard. The crew was on hold for several... (more)

On a muggy spring day, 1952 built former G&J nee D&H 4116 smokes it up as it departs Eagle Bridge with loads for Caroval and Cargill Feed in Salem. The tank cars contain liquid urea used to mix... (more)

Coming out of the deep cloud shadow, a small work train extra bound for Binghamton passes the former Nineveh Junction led by the classic D&H colors on a beautiful spring afternoon.

On a bright spring morning, a colorful quartet of CP/DME/ICE SD40-2s drones around the elevated curve(dubbed "Schermerhorn's Curve" by some) along Route 9W for CP-102 with 82 ethanol loads. Thes... (more)

The spring greens have finally begun to pop in this scenic valley as a beautiful stretch of sun, blue skies and warmth has greeted the northeast by early May after a long cold and cloudy March an... (more)

After getting burned by a couple cloud shadows at two other favorite locations, the low sun finally held on as this work extra races south for Binghamton. You couldn't ask for a nicer afternoon ... (more)

After meeting a CP #253 at CPF503, The CP "heritage" unit 7312 leads a mini work train as it throttles up for the grade ahead to Howes Cave on a drop dead gorgeous day in the Schoharie Valley. ... (more)

Just before sunset, a rare pair of red & silver Warbonnets haul in a huge 188 car freight towards Youmans Road on a gorgeous spring evening.

After a long lull, the sounds of heavy freight have begun to fill the Mohawk Valley as evening descends on Fonda NY. The first westbound to thunder into town is this colorful all EMD powered empt... (more)

After dropping off MEC 607 and some cars off at the Scotia Industrial Park, the crew comes in for a landing at Route 5S past Schenectady International on the old branch. They will tie down the fr... (more)

The NS colors make a rare appearance in Vermont on the RJ-1 local with NS 3474 making the interchange with the B&R Job by the old station and yard.

Pan Am local RJ-1 returns west alongside Route 67 after doing it's interchange at North Bennington with the Vermont Railway.

A brief break of early morning sun highlights the colorful CP & DME SD40-2s of this empty ethanol as it approaches CP-SK on the last mile of the River Sub. Interestingly, this power set would b... (more)