A 10 car set of Budd M3s is seen pulling out of the pocket track in Massapequa. The pocket track was constructed in 2014 and completed in 2021 for the purpose of turning Babylon line trains that s... (more)

Long Island Classics. Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) M3 no. 9885 (Budd, 1984-1986) is the lead unit on a 10-car Atlantic Branch train seen approaching Nostrand Ave Station. Unlike some of... (more)

East Side to Points East. Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) M7 no. 7155 (Bombardier, 1999-2006) is the lead motor on train 9033 seen arriving at Grand Central Madison. The new terminal had o... (more)

First Train, First Day. It would be hard to tell exactly how long the planning for MTA LIRR East Side Access (ESA)/Grand Central Madison (GCM) has been ongoing, but it's safe to say it has ... (more)

7 and 9 on 9 and 10. Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) M7 and M9 trains (Bombardier, 1999-2006 and Kawasaki, 2019-present, respectively) are seen in the new yard area at Sunnyside Yard, on t... (more)

LIRR M7s bound for Penn Station exit Queens Interlocking, which is still governed by sets of classic Pennsylvania Railroad position light signals.

Old and new. A veteran set of M3s from Ronkonkoma speed through New Hyde Park towards Penn Station. The train is crossing New Hyde Park Rd. on the bridge that replaced the congested grade crossi... (more)

Above and Below. New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) 7 trains are seen streaking into and out of 61st St-Woodside Station while a Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) train makes its statio... (more)

Return of the Metropolitans. Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) M3 no. 9924 (Budd, 1984-1986) is seen leading a Port Washington Branch train through Woodside, Queens. In the background can be... (more)

Cruising through Queens. Long Island Rail Road M7 no. 7721 (Bombardier, 1999-2006) is seen leading a Port Washington Branch train through the Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens. Though tra... (more)

Multiple Main Lines. Inbound and outbound Long Island Rail Road trains are seen racing through Queens on the rail road's main line between Penn Station and Jamaica. At left is a train o... (more)

Gotta give the passenger trains some love as we see train 2055 making their 2:56 station stop at Pinelawn. Following them is the RS41.

Fall is here on the LIRR, and one of the first spots to show off its vibrant orange and red colors is Pinelawn. In this scene, a set of Budd M3s heads west passing the vibrantly colored trees lini... (more)

An outbound peak train rolls into Jamaica on its way out to Babylon while an inbound train to Brooklyn's Atlantic Terminal departs on track 4

While an arriving train from Ronkonkoma enters Jamaica Station, a train from Long Beach sneaks into view on the fly-under approach tracks. This train will wait until the Ronkonkoma train settles o... (more)