A Ride Above Route 23

An unusual Sunday Sparta extra heads eastbound with a crippled NYS&W 3800 leading CSX 2700 and consist of empty Sparta cars bound for the Southern Divisio... (more)

Elevated Right of Way

The NYS&W Southern Division runs high above Route 23 carrying the six weekly road trains and occasional locals through the area. An unusual daylight local... (more)

Coasting to Sparta

An NYS&W local brings hot Sparta loads West on a gloomy Wednesday morning as a result of no SU-100 coming East the previous night. The crew was assigned both... (more)

Assaulting Sparta Mountain

With the peak of the Sparta Mountain grade less than a quarter of a mile away the SU-99 continues West halting rush hour traffic at the busy Route 51... (more)

The Highest Point on Rails in New Jersey

With their work on Sparta Mountain complete the WS-2X crests the highest point on rails in the state of New Jersey. With a seemingly sh... (more)

EMD Trifecta Above Route 23

An NYS&W ballast extra heads for Pompton Junction after dropping ballast throughout Sparta Mountain. In typical Susquehanna fashion this train opera... (more)

Lunch Break at CP-RD

Having started their day at 5:00 in the morning, the crew for WS-2 had stopped at Rich's Deli for crew refueling. The local freight was running with one of... (more)

Hurricane Irene Detour

In the months following the devastating effects of Hurricane Irene Metro North was forced to detour equipment moves over the NYS&W as a result of an 11 m... (more)

Riding Above Route 23

With their train of mixed commodities in tow, NYSW WS-2 proceeds Eastbound above Route 23 with a single SD45 leading the way long hood forward. The railro... (more)

Straight Through Rich's Deli

Since the height of rail traffic on the NYS&W, Rich's Deli has played a key role in keeping the crew members fueled for their journey's East or Wes... (more)

A fan trip over the newly-reopened NYS&W main line passes by the retaining wall at Stockholm, NJ.

BNSF on the NYS&W

As a result of a derailment in Fonda, NY CSX was forced to detour multiple trains down the NYS&W, the bulk of which were intermodal. However one of these deto... (more)

"Bluebirds under Blue Skies"

The evening SU-99 is headed West with three CEFX bluebirds leading a mere 20 car train. In the consist of this train was an unusual piece of equip... (more)

"Running Above Route 23"

Having outlawed the previous night, the Sparta turn makes a rare daylight appearance on a Saturday morning with a single tunnel motor pulling a whopping ... (more)

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