View taken from an old footbridge that passed directly over the LV engine terminal. It was old, shaky and on a nice sunny day, might have been near capacity when railfans were in town.

Bicentennial GG1! Our country's bicentennial was celebrated in many ways including railroad locomotives of all types painted red, white and blue. This GG1 was one of the more gaudy locomotives p... (more)

Conrail was just around the corner. Who would have guessed that the EL would cease to exist in 60 days? View is EL wreck located in downtown Waverly.

EMD-GM built a pair of electric locomotives in the 1970's, a GM6 on the frame of a SD40-2 and a unique GM10. Both worked the Penn Central/Conrail electric lines with GM staff onboard. Think abou... (more)

1992 was nearly 20 years ago but this railroad still runs in the streets of Brooklyn as NYNJ Rail. One EMD is assigned to Brooklyn and another at the dock in Jersey City, NJ. Note locomotive is ... (more)

D&H PA's 18 & 19 northbound Adirondack on a cold, snowy day.

Trains used to run here, crossing guards dropped the gates and passengers boarded trains. Sad scene from the early days of Conrail when so much of the eastern lines were consolidated and trackage... (more)

The yard at 30th Street Station was easily photographable from a rooftop parking lot. Simply pay to park you car and watch for action. Note the Penn Central Baldwin RS12 switching cars behind.

VIA's eastbound Turbo is gliding through the Brockville train station without stopping as a Canadian National freight is heading westbound.

What a snow blower? This piece of equipment was used by the Erie Lackawanna [and D&H] for burning weeds in the summer and to clear snow and ice from the switches in the winter. Never saw it do a... (more)

Eastbound Amtrak passenger cruises past a waiting Conrail freight with E44 #4409 leading.

Winter was hard on the Lehigh Valley and this pair of Alco C628's [625/634] has just arrived on a train from Buffalo. Railfans and some crews affectionately called them "Snowbirds". But they rod... (more)

In the early 1970's several railroads had begun to concentrate their unique fleets built by the smaller builders. The B&O had many FM's assigned to the Baltimore area including these roadswitcher... (more)

Sharks!! Branchline railroading in 1973 was leaving the MRY offices in Brownsville to search for their only operational Baldwin Sharknose cabs which had taken a cut of cars to "Maidsville" WV. I... (more)

The Adirondack Scenic RR uses a Geep lettered for the Adirondack & St. Lawrence RR [#6076] and is shown southbound one mile south of the Thendara depot in a thick morning fog. Within three miles ... (more)