Former Vermont Railway 401 trundles towards Washington Avenue with the Saturday only Kingston shuttle. The CMRR has been making headlines in the local papers with run-ins with the city's mayor a... (more)

A late evening empty ethanol charges toward the Amsterdam Amtrak Station with three matched SD70Ms in two different schemes. Something you don't see too often on CSXT on the Mohawk Sub.

The day was off to a good start when I left my home in Catskill and saw the 4848 rumble over the Catskill Trestle leading a big freight. A chase back to the 'curve' was in order.

On a beautiful September morning, good friend Will Davis and I had a nice chase south with the Battenkill local to Eagle Bridge NY out of Greenwich Junction. Everything seemed to fall in place ... (more)

On a gorgeous spring afternoon, a colorful quartet of BNSF road power brings in another shiny line of new tanks out of the Dakotas loaded with Bakken Crude for the Port of Albany. The handsome B... (more)

One of the last intermodals out of Selkirk Yard before the daylight curfew rounds the open curve at Cementon after meeting a northbound Alcoa hopper train K531 at Alsen. Built just over a year a... (more)

Cowl units are rare these days on CSXT. A weathered BC Rail schemed one leading a freight even rarer yet.

The Kingston local spots tankers of liquid asphalt at the distributor facility near Schoharie Turnpike Road. The GP40-2/GP38-2 combo is a little unusual for this local.

The Port crew departs out of the east end of Selkirk with the K-010 trainset for the Albany Port Sub to spot the tankers at the busy Buckeye Terminal. Colorful mixed BNSF/NS lashups are common o... (more)

The Nickel Plate Heritage unit NS 8100 is seen spotting loaded oil cans for the big Buckeye Terminal at the Albany Port from an inbound K010 out of Selkirk Yard. The crew was on hold for several... (more)

On a muggy spring day, 1952 built former G&J nee D&H 4116 smokes it up as it departs Eagle Bridge with loads for Caroval and Cargill Feed in Salem. The tank cars contain liquid urea used to mix... (more)

Coming out of the deep cloud shadow, a small work train extra bound for Binghamton passes the former Nineveh Junction led by the classic D&H colors on a beautiful spring afternoon.

On a bright spring morning, a colorful quartet of CP/DME/ICE SD40-2s drones around the elevated curve(dubbed "Schermerhorn's Curve" by some) along Route 9W for CP-102 with 82 ethanol loads. Thes... (more)

The spring greens have finally begun to pop in this scenic valley as a beautiful stretch of sun, blue skies and warmth has greeted the northeast by early May after a long cold and cloudy March an... (more)

After getting burned by a couple cloud shadows at two other favorite locations, the low sun finally held on as this work extra races south for Binghamton. You couldn't ask for a nicer afternoon ... (more)