The Envelope Of Light. Amtrak Train 30 (Capitol Limited) crossed the Youghiogheny River in McKeesport, Pennsylvania at a little before 0700 on Sunday, May 22, 2022 with P42DC AMTK 48 leadin... (more)

Border Crossers. A bit of a delay worked out well as CSX B713-22 (Blue Island, IL [IAIS]-Philadelphia, PA, Ethanol Loads) waited until the sun was out to cross Doodletown Bight towards Iona... (more)

Electric Day. On Tuesday, May 24, 2022, the Connecticut Department of Transportation, Amtrak, and Metro-North will see the results of decades of planning and initiate Shore Line East electr... (more)

The Day It Will Be True Is Today. A few days after the 25th Anniversary of Shore Line East Service, CTRail/CTDX GP40-2H 6694 (née-BO 4005, GP40, 8/1971) led a string of former Virginia Rai... (more)

A Sunset Cameo. On Friday, May 18, 2022, CTDX P40BWH 6705 (née-AMTK 841, P40DC) pulls Shore Line East Train 1687 west from the Old Saybrook, Connecticut Station. This former P40DC is one o... (more)

Just Trying It Out. In response to substantial construction on Interstate 95 in 1990, the Connecticut Department of Transportation decided to institute temporary local service along the Nor... (more)

We set our clocks "forward" that morning, did you? Webb Rail's former New York Central Railroad Budd built Pullman obs/diner/sleeper "Babbling Brook" (WEBX 800007) held the markers on Amtra... (more)

The Pennsylvanian Anniversary Unit. On Sunday, May 22, 2022, AMTK 46 (P42DC, 50th Anniversary) led Amtrak Train 42 (Pennsylvanian), seen passing under the George Westinghouse Bridge and Eas... (more)

Upper Bay Crossing. The former Lehigh Valley Railroad Upper Bay Lift Bridge across Newark Bay is a highlight of any trip across the National Docks Line towards Oak Island Yard. The New York... (more)

The Ballfields. The area by Gateway Field in Jersey City, New Jersey is known to both locals and railfans simply as "the ballfields” where Conrail Shared Assets runs through an urban... (more)

A Pair Of PVs. On Thursday, May 19, 2022, former New York Central lounge/diner/sleeper "Swift Stream" (RPCX 800460) and Webb Rail's former New York Central Railroad Budd built Pul... (more)

Webb Rail's Babbling Brook is seen passing the former ALTO tower in Altoona, Pennsylvania on March 13, 2021 holding the markers on Amtrak Train 43 (Pennsylvanian). The train will soon be traveling... (more)

Electric Shore Line East. It was not all that long ago that EMD F40s exclusively ruled the Northeast Corridor Line from New Haven, Connecticut to Boston, Massachusetts. It would have been t... (more)

Bridge In The Woods. The Little Schuylkill River bridge in New Ringgold, Pennsylvania is is a small span located just north of the commercial and residential area of the borough. On Tuesday... (more)

Electric City. A wild day of weather produced an incredible sunset on Monday, May 16, 2022 in Edison, New Jersey. Amtrak 662 (Phase III, ACS-64) leads Train 94 through the station in the to... (more)