“BNSF OCS @ Westchester Avenue�

On September 30th, 2025, the BNSF Railway Ryder Cup Special train sits under the abandoned NYW&B Westchester Avenue Station on the Hell Gate Line (... (more)

Ordinarily, This Would Have Been A Big Deal. On Monday, September 29, 2025, Genesee & Wyoming Providence & Worcester Railroad FPCH (Fresh Pond, NY-Cedar Hill, CT) left the New York & Atlant... (more)

“CSX Tows BNSF in the Bronx�

On the morning of September 22, 2025, CSX L017, towing the BNSF Ryder Cup OCS special, performs a brake test just east of the MP 12.2 Temporary Switch... (more)

Metro-North Railroad/Siemens SC42-DM Revenue Debut. On the morning of Monday, September 22, 2025, MTA Metro-North Railroad/Siemens SC42-DM MNCW 301 made its revenue debut on Train 825 from ... (more)

Acela 2, Day 1. On Thursday, August 28, 2025, Amtrak introduced the Alstom Acela 2 to the revenue riding public. The culmination of many years of work debuted on Train 2153 (TS 20/AMTK 2130... (more)

Metro-North Railroad/Siemens SC42-DM Runs In Daylight. On the morning of Tuesday, August 12, 2025, MTA Metro-North Railroad/Siemens SC42-DM MNCW 301 operated in daylight for the first time.... (more)

Parting Shot. It was 15 years ago today that the evening summer light hit perfectly on Canadian Pacific 5690 (SD40-2) while it led Train 417 through the MTA Metro-North Railroad Station at ... (more)

Night Flying Over The Flyover. A train of Kawasaki-built MTA Metro-North Railroad M8s traveling on the New Haven Line crosses the Harlem Line on the Woodlawn Flyover in the Bronx, New York,... (more)

CSX On The Water. On Friday, July 18, 2025, CSX M701 was recrewed by Y102 at Croton West Yard in Croton-On-Hudson, New York, and made a daylight trip to the Oak Point Yard in The Bronx, New... (more)

“Modern Power Meets Modern Access @ Parkchester�

As the sun sets on May 11th, 2025, New York City Transit (NYCT) Wabtec WAB6HYB (R255) #HL005 sits quietly on the point of a work t... (more)

Metro North's newest heritage unit MNCR 203 painted (not wrapped) in the 1979 "Blue M Central" scheme shoves its train towards Grand Central while MNCR 217 the Penn Central heritage unit... (more)

Stone Car Delivery At MO. Recently, MTA Metro-North Railroad ballast hopper cars MNCW 1500-1509 were delivered to CSX's Croton West Yard. These cars will be used to transport and drop balla... (more)

A Preview Of The Future. On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, Amtrak Alstom Acela 2 TS 12 headed for Boston with AMTK 2124 leading as Train 888. This is the "commissioning" run for this set,... (more)

"Violet Blue Crayola @ Westchester Ave"

As the sunlight fades away on the evening of May 11th, 2025, Amtrak's Crayola-wrapped ACS-64 #621 makes its debut run on Zone 1 (east... (more)

"DanDelion @ Westchester Ave"

On the evening of May 8th, 2025, Amtrak's Crayola-wrapped ACS-64 #620 makes its debut run leading Regional Train 172 east under the abandoned N... (more)