Just 2 days before the Berkshire & Eastern startup on the former Pan Am west end, ST District 3, Pan Am trains RJ-1 and EDRJ sit tied down in Scotia, NY while Rotterdam Yard is completely plugged.

Just 2 days before the Berkshire & Eastern startup on the former Pan Am west end, ST District 3, Pan Am trains RJ-1 and EDRJ sit tied down in Scotia, NY while Rotterdam Yard is completely plugged.

Parked outside one the massive buildings at the General Electric Schenectady Service Center in Schenectady, New York is one of the plant's switchers, a GE SL-85 centercab. The unit is surrounded b... (more)

ALCO in Schenectady. Great Northern (GN) RS3 no. 229 (ALCO, 1953) is seen on display at the Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci) in Schenectady, NY; the city where the locomotive wa... (more)

Amtrak Train 283 passes underneath CSX's Carman Subdivision in Schenectady, NY.

We Bring Good Things To Life. It was unusual to find open doors at the General Electric Schenectady, New York facility on the evening of Saturday, July 30, 2022. One of the plant’s switch... (more)

GEs through the Trees. General Electric locomotive no. 21 (GE SL-85, 12/1978) is seen on the north side of the company's Schenectady Works, surrounded by heavy-duty flat cars for transp... (more)

Blue Ice. Amtrak 100 is seen crossing the Mohawk River into the City of Schenectady. The locomotive is painted in a "Midnight Blue" celebratory scheme for Amtrak's 50th Anniversary and l... (more)

With the fresh snow from yesterday shining bright he 100 pulls Amtrak 284 over the Mohawk entering Schenectady with river & ice jams flowing fast beneath.

NS 30T powering out of Canadian Pacific's Mohawk Yard after doing small drop off for Pan Am

Varnish Over The Mohawk. Amtrak Train 281 crosses the Mohawk River near Schenectady, New York on the afternoon of Friday, August 27, 2021 with Webb Rail's former New York Central Railroad B... (more)

Amtrak 100 and 108 were assigned to rescue train 48 today after PTC issues were found with the original leader. Here they are seen pulling into the Schenectady station just over 2 hours late.

I'm not sure what was the bigger challenge here, the sun darting in an out from behind clouds, or keeping the camera straight while getting tossed about by the wake of a passing boat. At any rate,... (more)

Snow In Schenectady. Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome/sleeper 313 (WEBX 801044) and former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built dome/coach 549 (WEBX 801045... (more)

NS 7019 leads CP-930 aka NS-30T bending through the middle of the "S" curve crossing the Mohawk River into Schenectady back on a warm May Saturday in 2020.