Doom and Gloom. Several miles southeast of Loomis, a tiny crossroads in northeastern Wisconsin, we find E&LS Baldwin #202 slowly burbling eastward at 5 m.p.h. towards Marinette, Wis... (more)

NYS&W's OnTrack service was a favorite way for Syracuse University students to get from campus to the popular Carousel Center Mall in the late 1990s and early 2000s. OnTrack operated three Budd R... (more)

Grandma Moses Was Here. Famous folk artist Grandma Moses lived a stone's throw away from the station at Eagle Bridge. Let your mind reach back through the veil of time; let it co... (more)

History Happened Here. This photographer's favorite Alco RS-3 hauls revenue freight past the old Delaware & Hudson depot in Cambridge on a cold Upstate New York winter day. Check ou... (more)

The D&H Adirondack Branch. Passenger trains once again plied one of the most scenic stretches of the old Delaware & Hudson Adirondack Branch this past summer. Here, newly-acquired ... (more)

Shades of the New York Central System. The Adirondack Scenic Railroad's excursion train from Utica to Thendara (Old Forge) is descending to its terminus in the Mohawk Valley after c... (more)

Bound for Eagle Bridge and a connection with both Pan Am and Canadian Pacific, Batten Kill flagship Alco #605 makes an impressive sight clearing Rexleigh Road with the week's tonnage in tow. Beaut... (more)

RARE MILEAGE. The MA&N does not frequently serve Lyons Falls, New York these days; the major shipper here, Lyons Falls Pulp & Paper, closed down a decade ago. However, another nea... (more)

Battling a typical Upstate New York snowstorm, an MA&N crewmember locks the switch on a siding leading into a telephone pole loading yard in Boonville before heading south to Utica. Today's train... (more)

In a classic Upstate New York scene, Batten Kill 605 stops at Daun Lane before entering the small interchange yard at Eagle Bridge. This locomotive rarely operates these days; cousin RS-3 no. 411... (more)

This attractive Alco-GE builder's plate is not in a museum and it is not on a tourist railroad. It is attached to BKRR #605, and the engine still hauls freight in Upstate New York more than sixty... (more)

The Dolgeville & Salisbury Railroad right-of-way hasn't seen a train since 1946. However, it makes an enjoyable place for a walk or a bike ride in the Spring, Summer, and Fall months. The Dolgev... (more)

Monday's Bennington & Rutland job departs Rutland while the power for Green Mountain train 263 waits next to the yard office.

VTR 310 switches cars used by Luzenac America to ship talc. The mine is up the hill, behind the photographer, and can't be seen from the right of way.

STREET RUNNING! NYS&W UT-1 heads north along Schuyler Street in Utica. The roughly one-half mile of street running in this city has been a treat to witness for many years. Gone ar... (more)