On a snowy day in Hudson NY, a patron of the Iron Horse Bar leans out to yell something as the local comes back light power through downtown to 7th Street. Had to dig this gem out of my archives f... (more)

Tight fit! Another example of just how close quarters the space is on 7th Street when the local rumbles through town. How many places do you know where you have a giant pair of SD40-2s skirtin... (more)

A 190 car monster double tanker enters Selkirk Yard with a double BNSF DPU set mid-train. The train will swap crews at CP-14. The consolidation of two loaded oils is unusual but likely due to th... (more)

On a cold and raw Monday afternoon, local B765 lugs up seven loads to Seventh Street in the pouring rain for the ADM Mill in Greenport Center. The local is now powered usually by a single AC4400 o... (more)

A 190 car monster double tanker enters Selkirk Yard with a double BNSF DPU set mid-train. The train will swap crews at CP-14 and continue south on the River Sun as a double train set. The monste... (more)

Sign of the times of Pan Am in the Summer of 2018. Colorful foreign power, hand painted “retro” noses and no crews for parked trains from Rotterdam to Ayer. A trio of colorful faces sits sile... (more)

A Maersk Shippers special for the Santa Fe heads upgrade past Blue Cut for a photo Op in Cajon Pass. ATS&f GP60M '146' recieved a 'one shot' paint job for the occasion.

On a beautiful spring afternoon in Washington County, the Battenkill work train/ local passes the stored former SNC BL2s as it heads south for Eagle Bridge. Leading the train is the leased SNEX R... (more)

A real rarity for upstate NY a former TFM unit crosses the Catskill Creek with an empty ethanol train as MOW crews work on the bridge on a very warm and muggy morning.

LAST TRAIN TO CORINTH. The now defunct SNC “funeral train” rests in the back woods outside of town after making a noon run out of Stony Creek yesterday with the last of the operable fleet out... (more)

By sheer luck I was able to be at the right place at the right time for the 'swap' move with this old RS-3 Alco picking up some empties dropped by the Conrail Kingston local!

On an early spring morning the sound of dynamics echos off the bluffs of the mountain as eastbound CR SERE-4 descends the ruling 1.65% grade at the “Twin Ledges” at MP-131.5. A favorite spot ... (more)

In a pouring rain shower, a rare doubleheader chuffs upgrade out of Eagle Bridge with some loads from Pan Am in a scene right out of the 1950's.

Dubbed the "Scrap Metal Express" by the crew to the dispatcher, CP freight #555 departs East Binghamton Yard with a freshly outshopped SD40-2 leading seven tired MLWs. The crew barely ... (more)

Another view of the dramatic street running of the B957 local on the New Year's Day snow storm in downtown Hudson. Note the massive size of the six axle SD40-2s in the narrow confines of 7th St... (more)