Four geeps in 4 different paint schemes lead a Westbound down off of Richmondville Hill and into East Worcester. Ex LV 7322 still in LV colors leads the way.

A rare morning Southbound pops out of the shadows of a "tree tunnel" and into the S-curves at Pole Bridge Road. Engineer Tim Carney hangs out the window as his train struggles thru the curves and ... (more)

This little SW-8 spent most of the summer of 1977 in the Hornell Yard. The unit is the ex DL&W 504.

Finding these WM F-units at the Chessie engine facilities at Lincoln Park was a nice surprise.

RS-97 crosses the diamond with the Buffalo Line.

A 532 coal drag crosses the Portage Bridge in Letchworth State Park. These trains used to run on the WNYP from Meadville, PA to Hornell, NY, but NS has eliminated the Meadville crew pool. The trai... (more)

A pair of U25-B's that are still in PC markings bracket a blue C-628 on a Westbound departing Hornell on a dreary May afternoon.

RS-97 passes the carnage from a recent wreck in the curves at Rock Glen. The power is really working hard as it claws to pull RS-97 up the grade to Gainesville, NY. This part of the line had frequ... (more)

A "dum-dum" coal train claws it's way up the grade and out of the Beaver River Valley on the CR Fort Wayne Line. The DE units were required on the point as there are mid train slaves, and the DE u... (more)

A loaded coal train runs along the Beaver River at College Station. The old P&LE station and shops are visible to the left. Kodachrome 200 scan.

The daily Westbound out of Winona is doubling the hill out of the Mississippi River Valley. The train will drop its cars in the siding at Stockton and head back down the hill for the rest of the t... (more)

72 shuffles power around at the shops. The Seminole Gulf 550 is being rehabed for the WNYP. 550 eventually will be renumbered 428.

A classic early CR lashup leads a Westbound empty hopper train that has stopped for a crew change at Hornell. An ex LV GP38AC leads a pair of ex PC units and an ex RDG unit on a very hazy August a... (more)

Amtraks "Broadway" rolls under 3 different bridges. From top to bottom they are the Westinghouse Bridge, the E. Pittsburgh McKeesport Blvd. Bridge, and the Union RR Bridge.

A blue and yellow RS-11 leads a pair of burly N&W SD-45s out of the Belden Hill Tunnel on a winters day. At the time I was disappointed that the leader was not a lightning stripe unit, but it does... (more)