Mass Central 1729 looks a bit like a B&M geep from this angle. In reality this unit is former C&O 6199. It has been stored out of service for at least a year or two, but may eventually return to... (more)

A high-speed friendly wave: the engineer of this weekend-only Richmond, VA bound train must have spotted me on the platform from a distance since I got a "toot and a wave" as he passed thro... (more)

A pair of CN units visited New Jersey for the weekend: CN 2262 & 8923 led CSX K684 (ethanol loads) east into the area on Friday May 18th. By Sunday the train was unloaded. Here the same two unit... (more)

Number 60 spends a quiet Sunday at the MTR Fo Tan maintenance depot tied onto a rail train. Since there is no longer any through freight service into Hong Kong, MTR's diesels are now used in work... (more)

A late-morning Northeast Regional train for Richmond, VA passes through North Elizabeth.

A typical busy morning in Scranton finds DL PT-98 with a three-unit consist waiting patiently for a local crew with DL 325 to get in the clear. DL 325 started life as SP&S 312. Soon after this p... (more)

Conrail SF-26, with a typical pair of blue GP38s, heads back to the Bergen County Line after setting off cars for the Susquehanna in PC Yard.

A F40PH and 5 matching Amfleet cars departs Alexandria southbound.

NS 33K heads west for Allentown Yard through rural Hunterdon County, NJ on a warm spring day. It was nice to see a former Conrail SD60I in the lead (ex CR 5640).

Early morning at CP 5 finds a CSX northbound behind a pair of typical GEVOs and a leased ex-BN SD40-2, HLCX 7014. That "UFO" between the lead unit and the utility pole is a passing seagull.

Conrail OI-16 passes the distant signal for the interlocking at CP PD as it approaches the siding at DCS station BARB. CSXT 8886 and NS 1703 (both former Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s) have been regula... (more)

A pair of NS SD70M-2s lead a loaded ethanol train down the Port Reading Secondary for unloading along the "Chemical Coast" at Sewaren, NJ.

NYSW 3016 departs the MC Yard with a short train of empty gondolas heading out for another load of contaminated soil (one of New Jersey's exports). In the foreground lies the remains of a long-ab... (more)

Nearing the end of its journey from Scranton, DL SB-3 has brought grain loads for the mill at Pocono Summit. Power includes DL 2461-3000-3643.

The paint schemes and running condition of some of the historic locomotives in service on the Delaware-Lackawanna make it possible to imagine what it was like in this region 50-60 years ago. Here... (more)