1953? Or 2013? In any event, how often to you see a genuine EMD F-7(B) unit being repaired any where? This is one of the amazing things you can see in one of the worlds greatest rail preservation ... (more)

ACELA 2008 is negotiating the north approach of the Hell Gate Bridge. It is about 15 minutes out of New York Penn Station on it's trip to Boston. While it is doing about 40MPH here, it will soon b... (more)

Engineer Bruce is checking his brake pipe pressure. The locomotive has just come off an intensive 2-year rebuild. I must admit I have never been in the cab that was nice and shiny with a new car s... (more)

We are in Canadian National steam locomotive Class S-1-b No. 3254's cab. Engineer Aaron Stout is filling out the Form D and is minutes away from pulling the throttle in the foreground for a Steamt... (more)

It is probably safe to say that little Alma Michigan has never seen such a gorgeous (or big 16' 4" tall 10' wide 110' 2 1/4 '' long) steam locomotive before. It is also safe for everyone since th... (more)

Brick and Stainless Steel: The old weathered brick and the hardscrabble industrial area with twisty track could not contrast more with the stainless steel train and the a-building WTC #1 AKA "The ... (more)

The backhead of Reading T-1 4-8-4 No. 2124 during restoration. I have admired this locomotive ever since I rode behind her 50 years ago but this marks the first moment I have ever been in her cab.... (more)

As a guy who was raised in New York and who has ridden the New Haven, the New York Central, the Pennsy, and the New York City Subway, I have seen a lot of electric action.

But not this way! Her... (more)

This is a photo that speaks of speed. The designers under the watchful eye of Clarence E. Pond, Norfolk & Western Railway General Manager, Motive Power and Equipment, designed one of the finest p... (more)

I don't always shoot diesels, but when I do, I do Heritage... On September 30, 2015 Norfolk Southern's Chattanooga shops unveiled the latest addition to their heritage feet which honors it's pred... (more)

The Philadelphia Pennsylvania firm, the Baldwin Locomotive Works, built it's last locomotive by 1956. While we will never be able to stand in BLW's erecting halls, we can gaze upon this scene o... (more)

This car is the "Hickory Creek" and it was built by Pullman-Standard in 1948 for the New York Central Railroad Company as a sleeper-observation car. Its served on the 20th Century until that train... (more)

Baldwin Locomotive Works No. 26 rolled out of the Baldwin plant in Eddystone Pennsylvania in March 1929. Interestingly rather than selling it, the Baldwin company retained the locomotive for switc... (more)

A Metro North commuter train is seen on the Park Ave Viaduct heading inbound to Grand Central Terminal on snowy February night.

The G subway train is on the bottom of the image streaking into a tunnel on it's way to Queens. Above is the 9/11 memorial "Tribute in Light."

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