A pair of Conrail SD80MACs mingle with typical Boston Line power, GE C30-7As, at the Selkirk Engine Terminal. CSX units are also present, a foreshadowing of what would come two years later.

One could overdoes on Conrail blue from the "Ben's Bridge" overpass adjacent to the Selkirk Engine Facility. SD80MAC 4127 is front and center, joined by C30-7As, an SD40-2, C40-8W and ... (more)

A pair of SD80MACs lead Conrail PIOI through CP Bound Brook on an overcast spring afternoon. Conrail's SD80MACs seemed to be occasionally assigned to PIOI/OIPI at the time.

Conrail ML-405 works upgrade to CP7 behind a pair of fairly new SD70MACs with a dirty SD50 thrown in for good measure. The tracks in the foreground belong to the NYS&W and more would be added in ... (more)

A pair of clean Conrail SD70s lead two other units on SENS at CP7 in Bogota, NJ. Conrail's SD70s were numbered in series with Norfolk Southern's own fleet. They were built to NS specifications, ... (more)

Three former Rio Grande tunnel motors lead UP ZDVRO past the west end of Kyune siding on the Provo Sub. The winter of 2001 would be the last time these units would operate in solid sets leading r... (more)

A pair of SW1500s lead a Vermont Railway local south through Proctor, VT. I believe this would have been the Florence Switcher returning to Rutland with loads from Omya in Florence. These switch... (more)

NJ Transit's Jersey Central heritage unit leads train 77 west through the reverse curve at Garfield on the Bergen County Line.

It's train time at Dunellen as east and westbound Raritan Valley Line Trains meet during the evening rush hour. Both trains consist of Comet single-level equipment.

CN's Grand Trunk Western heritage unit leads a Philadelphia-bound loaded ethanol train west through South Plainfield, NJ. Conrail MA-1 had main 2 fouled, insuring that this train would be on main... (more)

A pair of former Grand Trunk Western SD40-2s leads a fast-moving eastbound through Bancroft, MI on "home rails" of the Flint Subdivision. If memory serves, this train was doing every bi... (more)

CN 216 approaches Durand, MI on the Flint Sub with four units and a lengthy consist in tow.

Central Michigan train 771 starts to roll north out of Durand behind a mix of power that you'd only find on the CMGN. 2014 was recently acquired from the Devco Railway and wore a fresh coat of Ce... (more)

LSRC 798 continues its journey north crossing Old Kawkawlin Road in Kawkawlin, MI. The cab A/C (open nose door) isn't quite as obvious from this angle.

A Lake State Railway northbound out of Bay City passes a rural crossing north of Pinconning, MI shortly before sunset. I believe this train was headed to Grayling, and this job might have carried... (more)