What I did on my Summer vacation; redux. First rumble of the morning; Pumpkins.

KCSM 4668 is on Q-710 at Ridgefield Park,NJ 8/24/2014.

It was an end to a wonderful era when the NYS&W sold its three second generation GP-18's in 2010. Here the 1800, 1802, 1804 are seen together for the last time on home rails as they have been blac... (more)

"CP Pair Under Puffy Clouds"

"The Schneider Express by Ridgefield Park"

"Conrail Under Route 46"

NYS&W's WS1 has a cut of freight cars in tow from the MC Yard to Little Ferry. The train is crossing the placid water of the Overpeck Creek.

On the Overpeck Creek Draw, Susquehanna yard job waits for CSX northbound to pass.

What I did on my Summer vacation, redux: My SU-99 jinx continues; two Fridays in a row. But tunnel motor 3016 drills baretables on a sunny afternoon.

An empty crude oil train races north behind a pair of Norfolk Southern locomotives.

For the past several months NYS&W SD40T-2 3016 has been assign to local switching service on the railroad's Southern Division out of Ridgefield Park. On a Saturday morning is basks in the sun, as ... (more)

What I did on my Summer vacation, redux: Up before the rooster, I venture to Little Ferry to see if I catch a northbound (or two); K trains obliged.

What I did on my Summer vacation, redux: Up before the rooster, I venture to Little Ferry to see if I catch a northbound (or two); K trains obliged.

Morning Surprise at CP5
While "foreign" power on the CSX River Subdivision is not at all uncommon these days, it was thought that this particular train headed north overnight. However,... (more)

What I did on my Summer vacation, redux: The early bird catches, well a Boxcar ES44AC just underway. I wish I had the time to follow this train up the River Sub. Oh, well, another day.