Who knew "heritage cabooses" would become a thing? Conrail management has seen fit to repaint a second caboose. This one is perhaps more significant than 22137 which was painted earlie... (more)

This passenger extra was running on the heels of NRFF. The dispatcher held a Lehigh Gorge Scenic "Autumn Leaf" excursion in the clear at River until the extra passed, allowing for this... (more)

I'm a bit behind the times, so this is my first shot of the famed Reading & Northern NRFF, otherwise known as "America's Freight Train". NRFF is seen crossing the Lehigh River at the aptly named ... (more)

A Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway "Autumn Leaf Train" passes the signal at River interlocking. These 45-minute excursions run hourly during the peak autumn season at Jim Thorpe and seem to ... (more)

The Virginian heritage unit leads 24X through Bound Brook on a sunny morning.

In an unusual turn of events, the CNJ heritage unit saw service on the former Jersey Central main line, now NJ Transit's Raritan Valley Line, for a week or so in early September 2023. This was un... (more)

It's rush hour on the Northeast Corridor in Newark, DE. A southbound Amtrak Acela passes a Septa local that arrived a short while earlier. The MUs will eventually return north to Philadelphia. ... (more)

The star of NJ Transit's "Meet the Heritage Fleet" event at Hoboken Terminal was not actually a current NJ Transit locomotive. "Erie Lackawanna" U34CH 3372 is in the process o... (more)

The recently restored Erie Lackawanna 3372 made an appearance at NJ Transit's "Family Day" event at the Meadowlands Maintenance Complex. It was posed indoors among other hardware and eq... (more)

NJ Transit's latest heritage unit has been unveiled, and it honors the Erie Railroad. While Erie never owned a low-nose EMD hood unit, the road's black and yellow scheme seems to have adapted wel... (more)

For the first time in 35 years, an engine exchange from electric to diesel power occurred at South Amboy. NJ Transit included this nod to the past as part of their 40th Anniversary Excursion. Here... (more)

Another look at EL 3372 on display at Hoboken Terminal during NJ Transit's "Meet the Heritage Fleet" event. The shiny U34CH looked right at home under the terminal's Bush train shed fro... (more)

The former Erie Lackawanna/NJ DOT U34CH recently restored by the URHS in Boonton, NJ shares the spotlight with one of Bennett Levin's Pennsylvania Railroad E8As. The event was NJ Transit's "... (more)

NJ Transit's 40th Anniversary Express rolls to an unexpected stop on the six-track section of the Northeast Corridor in Linden. A mechanical issue caused only a brief delay but allowed gathered p... (more)

A freshly painted Conrail Quality heritage unit leads CSX M421 south on the Trenton Sub at Manville, NJ.