The quite rural village of Shushan is awoken by the sounds of the Batten Kill local moving through town on an Autum day.

THERE IS A LITTLE CAESAR'S IN ROME. We're in Rome, New York, however, and despite what the billboard says, this Alco is not delivering five-dollar pizzas.

The information gleaned from this builder's plate on a 63 year old RS-3. Delivered to the Lehigh & Hudson River as #10 in November of 1950 serving the pike until 1972 when it was sold to the St. J... (more)

Buffalo Southern's annual tradition of bringing the Strates Shows fair train to Hamburg, NY seems to gain more and more attention every year. This year a documentary film crew is on board to chron... (more)

A nice display train has been set up next to the Port Henry station honoring the Lake Champlain & Moriah Railroad. The short line hauled iron ore from Minesville to Port Henry from 1946 to 1972. ... (more)

MHWA 2454 pulls a boxcar off the Climax Paper siding.

Back from morning switching duties, 431 rests.

Owego & Harford's two RS18u locomotives have been sold to Livonia Avon & Lakeville earlier in 2012. Rocky, pictured here, will be based out of Cooper's Plains,NY at a newly built facility to assis... (more)

The D&H "heritage unit" brings up the rear on the 10:00AM NB from Saratoga to North Creek. D&H Alco S2's similar to this were the first diesels to run on this ex D&H line. This unit is an ex State... (more)

Getting underway to Painted Post. I was honored that Charlie tipped me to the location of this train. He is retired after years of service with this Alco-hauler. For those of you who knew him, y... (more)

SNC Alco S2 #821 trails Train No. 189 northbound through Porters Corners, NY.

WNYP 638 & 632 bracket a work train of ballast cars that is Southbound on the Buffalo Line on a nice fall morning. The work train was headed to Larabee, PA and onto the Farmers Valley branch.

The Alco/MLW Lineup at Olean...

What I did on my last year's Summer vacation: Catching an RS-18u interchanging with the NYLE at Gowanda. September 22-23 the town of Eden will continue their bicentennial celebration with train ri... (more)

With the 1:00pm train from North Creek to Saratoga in tow, the freshly painted D&H "heritage engine" rolls over a bridge that still bears the markings of the former owner of this line.