"Hows My Driving" Powering up the crest of the Rotterdam grade, loaded oil CSXT B779 lead by Union Pacific 8798 speeds past the L020 that had just entered Track 1 main to cross over to t... (more)

The Yard at South Schenectady was empty as B727 began the down hill roll towards Selkirk entering the working limits crossing over Burdeck St. going from Track 1 to 2 at CP-FG/SH.

Lone wolf CSX 4538 leads the I164 rocketing around the curve at Burdeck St. pulling heavy solo as it crests the grade through Rotterdam QG 32.91.

The winter seasons first "Nor-Eastern" rolls into the capital region as CSX 4557 roars up to the tip of the Rotterdam grade leading the M634 manifest as it rounds over Burdeck St. bound ... (more)

Nothing like a Big MAC for lunch, CSX 4576 & a CSX GEVO lead the M634 as it rounds into South Schenectady crossing over the NS D&H Main in the early afternoon.

The afternoon rain storm continued as CN 5701 & BCOL 4651 pull the B781 over the crest of the Rotterdam Hill at Auto-36 climbing out of the Mohawk River Valley and starting the descent down the br... (more)

The bright orange of BNSF 6506 shined in the afternoon light leading the G107 through Rotterdam seen approaching Burdeck St. at CP-FG/SH

Almost blocked by the I159, oil train number 1, CSXT B741 rolls at restricted speed through the working limits at 33.6 seen passing over Burdeck St. with NS 4618 leading the way.

Two Thunder Cab UP ACe's pull CSXT M368 into the late morning sun rounding out of the curve approaching Burdeck St.

Like a scene from the Northwest, a Red Tail Hawk flys over as BNSF 6506 with a rear DPU pull the G107 loaded grain train through the Town of Rotterdam rounding the curve at Burdeck Street.

While grabbing shots of the RJED at East Glenville, the 11R came out from behind and started crusing south, finally caught up here at the Princetown Rd. overpass.

Five months into Conrail, an unpatched lashup of a Penn Central GP38 and an F7 swing through South Schenectady NY, bound for Selkirk Yard. F-units were uncommon here by this time.

A recent NS Progress Rail rebuild leads a 62 car Montreal to Binghamton mixed freight up the grade out of the Mohawk Valley at the Princetown Rd. overpass in South Schenectady. The 1808 is trailed... (more)

A westbound Delaware & Hudson freight headed up by a quartet of GP39-2s was about to duck under Conrail's Selkirk Branch at South Schenectady, NY. The first and last units are D&H natives while th... (more)

The hard work is behind them for now as a trio of Delaware & Hudson Century 628s that have brought their train over Richmondville Hill drop down through South Schenectady, NY, on a fall morning. T... (more)