FJG 100 switches the Gloversville yard on the Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville RR. Delaware Otsego had taken over the FJ&G in the mid 1970's. FJG 100 is the former D&H 4022, CACV 100, built Novemb... (more)

The Mohawk-Hudson Division Safety Car is parked in Utica Yard at the division HQ. The car was actively used for employee training. The Mohawk-Hudson Division would eventually become the Albany Div... (more)

Rio Grande power set is shuffled at the south end of North Yard.

This is the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railway (CACV) which was part of Delaware Otsego Corp. The DO also owned the NYSW by 1982 and had placed one of the original NYSW RS-1's in service on th... (more)

A BN helper set waits to push a morning SB to Palmer Lake. The 6398 was built in May 1966 as GN 324 and renumbered BN 9854 prior to getting 6398 and was one of only 4 on the BN roster in 1990 (GN ... (more)

Classic Grande on The Joint Line with a nice cupola caboose, coal, and grungy helpers. After assisting this train from Denver the helpers have cutoff and run around the caboose (the helpers were a... (more)

The 3 ex Guilford GP39-2's on D&H BUME (Buffalo-Mechanicville Guilford connection, actual handoff at Mohawk Yard Schenectady) are working hard as they are about to enter the tunnel at the crest of... (more)

CP 270 pulls into East Binghamton Yard on its way from Buffalo to Mohawk with 2 consecutively numbered M630's. Third unit is CP 675, an ex KCS SD40-2 acquired in December 1992 after being briefly ... (more)

The Fall colors are starting to fade but a few trees are still peaking as this merchandise train rolls towards Selkirk Yard in the late morning, elephant style. CSX is firmly in control of this ex... (more)

With a mix bag consist typical of RPPY on the Binghamton to Philadelphia segment during the period of D&H bankruptcy (between Guilford and CP ownership), the Rouses Point to Potomac Yard train rol... (more)

Just out of the yard in Binghamton, the Rouses Point to Potomac Yard train rolls down the old DL&W main which shows the signs of single tracking. This mix bag is typical of RPPY consists on the Bi... (more)

Fresh out of GE Erie, two brand new BNSF C44-9W's get their train rolling west out of Buffalo after having just done work at Seneca Yard. This was among the first orders to wear BNSF letters right... (more)

Built in June 1988, NYSW 4006 was only 2 months old when it hit a dump truck filled with sand in late July 1988 while pulling a 1988 NRHS Convention excursion in New Jersey. I think the accident w... (more)

CNSE out of Montreal has departed Dewitt after a quick crew change and heads east to Selkirk. EB departures used Track 4 down to Kirkville. The CN 5000, class SD40, is second unit with CR SD50 #67... (more)

Getting the F40C's was one of the goals of this trip. Never thought the 614 would still be in service 19 years later! Shown in its previous darker blue paint scheme. Built May 1974 as MILW 54, you... (more)