As the first snow of the 2025 season began to fall in the early morning hours Tuesday; the 4211 gets running and warms up at its usual spot outside the north-end shop.

Winter showed up early in Upstate New York with lows in single digits but the early morning sun shined bright over the Northeast Industrial Park and Purina Plant as SLRS 4211 now in SMS company li... (more)

In the early fall, the time came to re-paint the former ATSF 6354 BNSF 4211 into SMS company livery. The B23-7 was pulled out of the "barn" and onto the shop track to let some paint dry ... (more)

The BNSF Office Car Special slowly passes the Northeast Industrial Park "North End of the Hill Track" on Track 1 to stop at VO for hours waiting for room in Selkirk Yard.

Crawling through the multiple working limits on the Selkirk Branch, CSX Big MAC 4547 leads with the CSX 4232 "SpongeBob" SD40-3 rebuild elephant style approaching the abandoned road brid... (more)

At a crawl, the CSXT M364 eastbound manifest rolls through French's Hollow featuring the P&LE Heritage Unit, CSX 1875 leading the way with CSX 7243.

The Helderberg Mountains round to the west as 4211 sits for the weekend in it's summer spot after a morning of work was completed soaking up some brief sunlight that snuck through the clouds, that... (more)

With a MAC & GEVO duo, X566 slithers through French's Hollow rolling through the Kiewit working limits along Track 2. CSX 4534 & 4553 both non-flared MAC's were in-charge that early afternoon.

Kiewit work on the hydro line continued along Track 2 in late March as CSX 4585 & 1972 "Family Lines" heritage unit pulled the M216 eastbound through Guilderland.

Kiewit work along the high iron continues with temperatures warming up and spring colors begining to show as CSX 378 & CSX 4583 (Non-Flarred) pull the M560 through the last set of working limits b... (more)

Taking it back a decade almost to the day, a clean CN 8805 proudly leads the eastbound Q620 into Guilderland rolling under the abandoned road bridge which still remains minus the dirt piles at DPW... (more)

Old Crosses New. CSX 718 leads M265 passing westbound on track 2 by the Northeast Industrial Park on Thursday featuring SMS Lines SRLS 4211 also a former ATSF "Santa Fe Blue Bonnet" 6354 back on U... (more)

A gloomy future for a great unit. SMS Lines SLRS 4212 a former ATSF "Santa Fe Blue Bonnet" 6355 sits on the cab track outside the Guilderland shop in the Northeast Industrial Park during it's fina... (more)

With a number formerly worn by an UP SD60M, rebuilt AC44 UP 6232 & UP 2747 shine in the sunset as they pull the loaded oil B train eastbound on Track-2 rounding into Guilderland Center rolling und... (more)

The Saturday celebrity gets underway westbound after traveling north on the River Line for most of the day with a quick pit-stop for a fresh crew in Selkirk. BNSF 6678, NS 4370, & southern visitor... (more)