A pair of New York Central E8As pose for a night shoot. Special thanks to Steve Barry for providing his Lumedyne system.

A pair of New York Central E8As pose for a night shoot. Special thanks to Steve Barry for providing his Lumedyne system.

After receiving its 200,000 mile / 10 year rollout inspection of its trucks this recent winter, NYC 3 is seen on its first Amtrak run of the year... and yes, I was fortunate enough to have the opp... (more)

Eng #4540, NYC 4-6-2 K-11e in the Dumont, N.J. yard waits its next departure for Weehawken. August, 1950 (Private donation)

A Richard Beal photo: BO Tower, controlling the diamond of the NYC-GTW-PRR in Kalamazoo looks a little nicer in this 1966 view. This tower is still active today, though slightly stripped down a... (more)

A Richard Beal photo: Loading at the depot, you can see the early piggybacks behind the E's

A Richard Beal photo: Looking west from US-131 (not the major highway it is now), a NYC passenger crosses 11th street. The farm is long gone and KL avenue in the background is now lined with st... (more)

A Richard Beal photo: Across from where Waldo Stadium is on the campus of Western Michigan University, a NYC MOW train is busy spreading and cleaning the ballast. This line is still active and ... (more)

A Richard Beal photo: Coasting into LaSalle Street Station, Richard snaps a quick shot out the window of a departing NYC train with a E8A in the lead

The New England States Express keeps going after a Christmas blizzard has turned this part of New England white. The E 7s run better in ther winter anyway.

New York Central Mohawk 3128 class L-4b, a fine Lima Locomotive works machine, in an unknown yard, unknown photographer, scanned from the original Kodachrome slide, probably taken sometime in the ... (more)

A classic view of the big four bridge with an eastbound, taken from the north side of the bridge, probably sometime in the late 1920's or early 1930's photographer unknown

Specially painted in New York Central System colors, this Alco FA-2 was numbered 1111 to fit in the NYC's Alco FA-2 series. Prior to this repaint, it was Long Island Railroad number 603, and orig... (more)