A northbound Poughkeepsie train flies by a fisherman who enjoys a cigarette while patiently waiting for dinner on a bright sunny Mother's Day.

You can set your watch by it---but only on Thursday. The hot Thursday only UPS TOFC train rolls over the Mohawk River at 6:10pm on its way from Chicago to NJ. This is one of the few trains still f... (more)

CR 8098 leads train 12T over the Portage Bridge in Letchworth State Park. NS has plans to begin building a new bridge next to this one starting in late 2013.

CR 8098 leads train 12T thru farmland at Erwins on a nice Spring afternoon.

Yard power humps yet another string of cars as the sun pops out from behind the clouds once again. A pair of Conecticut Southern GE B39-8Es are also visible in the background. ... (more)

CSX employees shuffle power around outside the shops at the Selkirk Yard. Ex-BN, HLCX 8070 is on lease to Pan Am Railways and has been burning off horsepower hours owed to CSX. A Connecticut South... (more)

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)

Modern power meets elegant varnish... During Grand Central Terminal's Parade of Trains anniversary celebration, Metro-North P32AC-DM 202 (built in 1995) found itself next to former New York... (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)

From my slide collection by BILL NIXION.

Competing modes of transportation move north under the Bear Mountain Bridge. There are 4 bridges seen from this vantage point with the smallest being the Popolopen Creek suspension bridge that car... (more)

The Pennsylvania heritage unit waits for a fresh crew to board it for the trip to Buffalo. An NYS&W SD60 in conveniently gets in the way on the adjacent track.

After chasing CP 934 (PAS 22K) back to Mechanicville it had to wait for EDRJ (seen) to pass. I decided to chase this train back to R.J.

Because of the horrible weather National Train Day almost didn't happen for me but it wasn't a total wash out so I went for it. Here is CP 609 passing the two last historic railroad buildings left... (more)