On a blustery Winter day, CP train 939 heads into the siding at Afton, NY for meets with opposing traffic. DLW 1074 looks good on ex D&H trackage that once used to see EL run thru power.

In the very late 1970's and into the early 1980's GE was rebuilding old locomotives at the old Erie Hornell shops. A bunch of old C&O U25-B's were bought by the National de Mexico Railway. A West... (more)

Reminiscent of the CR years, NS heritage unit CR 8098 leads 12T across the trestle in Letchworth Park in Portageville, NY in the Spring of 2013. The tree's are just leafing out, giving the scenery... (more)

There are some days that you will never forget. Such was the case when we had extreme cold in February, 1979 and the temperature was 24 below 0. We got to Hornell and stopped at the crew change po... (more)

A Westbound D&H freight passes the Chessie Systems Leroy Switcher at Silver Springs, NY. The WM 3578 is parked for the weekend in the small yard as the crew apparently outlawed there. It was unusu... (more)

RS-97 bangs across the diamond at North Street in Leroy, NY on a wintery March day in 1980. Bill Heeks flags the crossing and will make a cut behind the 3rd car for the Leroy set off.

Head end brakeman Angie climbs back aboard RS-97 after flagging the crossing at North Street. The tilt board signal protects the diamonds with old NYC and Erie branch's, which were inactive by thi... (more)

An Eastbound D&H freight descends Richmondville Hill at Warnerville, NY with "turquoise" leader 7316. The paint on the 7316 faded really fast for some reason. I don't recall any of the other unit... (more)

The end was fast approaching for the 4th Sub of the old BR&P under the Chessie (CSX) banner. The G&W subsidiary R&S would assume operations of the line from Rochester to Ashford Jct. on 7/21/1986.... (more)

A horizontal view of 13T creeping across the Portage Bridge in Letchworth State Park. I can't fit the upper falls and river below into the frame going horizontal, since I did not have a wide lens ... (more)

When I learned that the Southern heritage unit was leading the K010, I took my camera to work with me. When reports indicated it was close I "stepped out" of work for about an hour and caught the ... (more)

NS local H2E heads West and is about to pass under the last standing EL signal bridge on the Southern Tier at CP274 in Elmira. H2E had a high hood geep at each end of the train.

The S&A 1065 sits quietly in the "yard" at Sayre, PA as the H12 local led by NS 9403 departs for Elmira, NY. The 1065 was supposed to be the leader for the departing H12, since it trailed on the i... (more)

A pair of C-430's are slugging it out on the grade to Gulf Summit with an early NYS&W haulage train. The track swinging off to the left was the Jeff Connector, which was heavily used as a detour i... (more)

On a crystal clear day, CSX train Q226 crosses over the "Yough" River in McKeesport. The tracks curve sharply and follow the river on the right side of the photo before crossing the river again in... (more)