Heavy Horsepower on a Pint-Sized Local

The Sparta local is running East past the predominantly empty Butler Yard. The crew will stop in just a few miles at Pompton Junction to ... (more)

Saturday Morning Sparta Job

An incredibly unusual daylight local to Sparta ran on Saturday July 30, 2016 with hot cars for a customer at Sparta Junction. The local crew had a l... (more)

Delayed Daylight Freight

The SU-100 is running a few hours behind schedule allowing for a daylight run through New Jersey. The train featured an interesting set of power which ... (more)

Greeted by the Masses

The 611 had quite a following during the 4th of July weekend trips. The classy steam engine is working past crowds which have gathered on both sides of th... (more)

Steam Under the Coaling Tower

The Pelican excursion eases under the coaling tower along the NS Christiasburg district as N&W 611 heads for the wye just east of here. There the ... (more)

The Queen of Steam in the City Of Roanoke

Norfolk & Western J Class 611 is departing the city of Roanoke with its second excursion of the day as it passes what will become a "l... (more)

The Pelican Crosses the Roanoke River

Under heavy rainfall the Westbound Pelican excursion pulled by N&W 611 crosses the Roanoke River on its return run to Roanoke. This was th... (more)

Restricted Running in Newfoundland

After a quick stop for breakfast at Rich's Deli in Stockholm the SU-100 continues Eastbound through Newfoundland as it passes a scene made fa... (more)

Early Morning Reflections

The SU-100 has just departed Sparta Junction with a new Jersey based local crew at the helm. The road crew had to run at restricted speed bringing the... (more)

The Local Sized Road Freight

Making an uncommon daylight appearance, Wednesday's edition of the SU-100 is merely 9 cars looking more like a local rather than the railroads road... (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)

Daylight Local on the Southern Division

Running short on time the night time Sparta job outlawed in Sparta resulting in an extra 6 hours of work for the relief job to handle. F... (more)

The Garbage Express

NYSW 3012 leads a 4 car garbage train into Ridgefield Park on a gloomy Spring afternoon. The crew had run West to Franklin Lakes in the morning picking up t... (more)

Tunnel Motor Turned ECO

Originally built as an SD40T-2 for the Southern Pacific, NYSW 3012 was rebuilt from the ground up as an SD33-ECO. The locomotive retains its original no... (more)

One Last Stay in Sparta

For the last year and a half the New York Susquehanna & Western has kept an engine in Sparta for designated use on the SJ-1. This job exclusively switch... (more)