Stone Car Delivery At MO. Recently, MTA Metro-North Railroad ballast hopper cars MNCW 1500-1509 were delivered to CSX's Croton West Yard. These cars will be used to transport and drop balla... (more)

"Shoving Under a Bridge into Highbridge"

On a gloomy April 6, 2025, Metro-North Railroad EMD GP35r locomotives 103 and 102 duck under the approach to the Macombs Dam Bridge ... (more)

"Rail Train Over East River Drive"

On a gloomy April 6, 2025, Metro-North Railroad EMD GP35r locomotives 103 and 102 approach East River Drive as they tow a loaded rail trai... (more)

"Rail Train on the Viaduct @ East Harlem"

On a gloomy April 6, 2025, Metro-North Railroad EMD GP35r locomotives 103 and 102 lug a loaded rail train across the Park Avenue Vi... (more)

"I’ve Gapped and I Can’t Get Rolling!"

On the late evening of March 31st, 2025, Metro-North Railroad once again lends a "Life Alert" hand to Amtrak, as the Sta... (more)

Winding Down The "Metro-North Commuter Railroad" Scheme. Nine years ago today on April 14, 2016, MNCW GP35r 101 (née-Reading 3641, GP35, EMD, 8/1964) was assigned to tow a "... (more)

Overview of Rebuilding. The more than 130 year-old Park Avenue Viaduct around the MTA Metro-North Railroad Harlem-125 Street Station in New York, New York, is undergoing a multi-year rebuil... (more)

"Remington Rescue"

On the afternoon of March 10th, 2025, the Metro-North Railroad "NHS-1", with EMD GP35r 101, tows disabled Amtrak Regional train 172 through east... (more)

Blue Standard Cabs At Blue Hour. On the evening of February 22, 2025, fully 50% of the EMD built GP35r locomotives owned by MTA Metro-North Railroad are present at the Croton Harmon Locomot... (more)

Dropping In Garrison. On Thursday, October 10, 2024, a pair of MTA Metro-North Railroad EMD GP35r locomotives, MNCW 106 and 104, were pulling a train of continuously welded rail on Track 1 ... (more)

"Diesel by a Diesel Towing a Diesel @ NHV"

On the night of November 24th, 2024, the Metro-North Railroad train 5559, with EMD GP35r 101, tows a disabled diesel trainset out ... (more)

"Racing the Rail Train at Cold Spring"

On October 10th, 2024, Metro-North Railroad Extra 106, towing a loaded rail train, and a Grand Central bound train race south towards ... (more)

Pre-Dawn AMMO. The AMMO (AM MOtt Haven) switch crew heads to their usual place at MO with GP-35r MNCW 101 before dawn on the morning of Friday, December 6, 2024. This veteran EMD was built ... (more)

"HTS Move by the Plant"

On the afternoon of November 15th, 2024, Metro-North Railroad EMD GP35r 104 leads an HTS equipment move south down the Hudson Line, passing the Glenw... (more)

Metro-North GP35r 103 tows a train back to Croton-Harmon from Poughkeepsie.