With the air so muggy you can see it and with the long ago razed Public Service Terminal Building in the background, a Conrail Raritan Valley Line train moves from the yard to Newark's Penn Statio... (more)

Amtrak - Now servicing Scranton, PA!

Well, perhaps not just yet! However, Amtrak did make an appearance (once again) in Scranton at Steamtown in September of 2010 as part of the National... (more)

An Amtrak Genesis unit navigates a special exhibit train through the shop yards at Steamtown in Scranton, PA during "Railfest" in 2010. The unusual maneuvers, which saw the roundhouse track act a... (more)

On its way from St. Louis to Memphis, a High Iron Travel rare mileage excursion passes the old feed mill in downtown Imperial on BNSF's River Subdivision, a former Frisco line which sees no Amtrak... (more)

"Road Freight Through Glen Rock"

The daylight Campbell Hall turn has almost completed its run as the train cruises through Glen Rock station on the Bergen County Line. Poweri... (more)

"Passing the Tuxedo Station"

NS 5611 is leading a rare daylight edition of H70 past the Tuxedo Station. Daylight freight moves offer the only opportunity to shoot d... (more)

On May 24, 2014, Norfolk and Western class J #611 was moved from its Virginia Museum of Transportation display location to the Norfolk Southern locomotive service facility at Shaffers Crossing in ... (more)

SEPTA's Doylestown line required rail work in the mid 1980's. Amtrak work equipment was used, including this pair of GP7 pumpkins seen running around their train early on a September evening.

Pan Am crews work in downtown Gardner changing out a traction motor and axle on leased GP40 6528. It was impressive how little time the repair took.

You'll usually only find Kawasaki streetcars operating on SEPTA's Route 36 on Elmwood Avenue, but a PCC-2 makes a rare appearance on the line. The unusual move was part of Super Saturday Streetcar... (more)

A SEPTA PCC-2 is operating on "diversion trackage" (trackage that is only used when the Center City Tunnel is closed) on 40th Street as it crests the hill on the bridge over Amtrak's Har... (more)

Brand new ACS-64 AMTK 643, sits on display in the roundhouse area of the California State Railroad Museum

It's shortly after midnight and only a few minutes into the year 2015 as a SEPTA PCC-2 pauses at the 40th Street Portal with the New Year's Eve charter for the Friends of Philadelphia Trolleys. A ... (more)

Easter Surprise
It was a somewhat quiet holiday morning on the nearby Lehigh Line, and I was surprised to hear Conrail transfer job ME-84 heading east on the Northeast Corridor. The t... (more)

Four former Burlington Northern SD45s lead a Sea-Land stack train east into NYS&Ws Little Ferry Terminal where the train will be unloaded. As of this date, the SD45s still carry their BN road num... (more)