FIRST FREIGHT. The first revenue freight move to cross this bridge since November 1989 rolls SB, operating under the old D&H symbol used for the D&H North Creek to Saratoga job.

The tracks are weed covered and the signals are without lenses but these old Milwaukee Road rails (former J Line) are still seeing passenger service in 1989 in the form of WICT excursion service f... (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)

More Phase III. The Amtrak business car "Beech Grove" is now painted in Phase III. The car is seen heading SB towards New York Penn on the 8:10am departure from Albany-Rensselaer.

DC to AC conversion engine NS 4005 spends Saturday night in the yard at Delanson after catching fire around MP 487. At the time it was leading NS 11R south towards Binghamton with the NS 8101 trai... (more)

All 4 new Viewliner II cars that have been released from CAF USA in Elmira, NY are seen together on a test train at Rensselaer. The Amtrak test train consists of AMTK 79, Viewliner II Diner AMTK 6... (more)

Saratoga based local SC4, lead by the ex LV 325, has just entered the Adirondack Park region of New York as it approaches the small yard at Corinth where the spur to the large International Paper ... (more)

On most likely its maiden run, a freshly rebuilt and repainted SD60M, the former SOO 6060, rolls down the controlled siding towards the Saratoga Runner and Saratoga Yard to do some work prior to h... (more)

A NB SP manifest exits Tunnel 9 under Tehachapi Loop lead by two brand new, sequentially numbered, and spotless Southern Pacific SD70M’s . An old SD45 trails as the third unit. SP 9806 is the se... (more)

Merry Christmas Amtrak. The first meaningful release of new cars from CAF in Elmira, 18 new Viewliner baggage cars, roll NB on the D&H just north of Oneonta at 3:55pm on one of the gloomiest days ... (more)

Riders are enjoying the view off Amtrak business car Beech Grove which is bringing up the markers on the return trip from Scranton to Albany. On a rainy Labor Day in Upstate NY, the Amtrak 40th An... (more)

BL2 Revenue Freight. The first loaded hopper train to depart North Creek since November 18, 1989 rolls SB just after noon on October 30, 2014, almost 25 years after the last hopper cars of ilmenit... (more)

The first train on the former D&H Sanford Lake Branch in over 20 years rolls NB 2 miles out of North Creek with a special inspection train for invited guests of the railroad (there were a few ligh... (more)

Where WSOR E's run today WICT F's ran in 1989 (and MILW cabs before that). A Wisconsin & Calumet excursion train runs between Walworth and Zenda with the late Glen Monhart's F7A leading the WB tra... (more)

Adirondack Scenic's freshly painted FP10 rolls NB leading a set of ex CP Rail RS18's in matching paint. The train is the 9:30am train from Utica to Thendara. The 1502 is the former GMO 884A(F3A), ... (more)