Never Their Trains Shall Meet. Three locomotives that probably never met while in revenue service share space around the turntable on a warm night in Owosso. Will they ever meet ag... (more)

On the Tuesday following TrainFestival in Michigan, I had several free hours in Chicago between the first and second legs of my Amtrak trip home. Knowing that Metra was operating their two remain... (more)

A few of the many bad-ordered coaches await work inside the car shop at BET. The staging over the near car allows access to the roof-mounted air conditioning units on the bilevel cars. Hopefully... (more)

Practice Safe CSX...On The G&U. G&U power usually doesn't spend the night away from North Grafton. Last week, however, two units spent most of the week in Hopedale yard with part o... (more)

Not To Be Forgotten. When I left work at midnight, my plan was to go take a look around Worcester to see if WX-3 was still working. But, I forgot that CSX comes to life at night, a... (more)

Through The Pines. North of Willaha siding, the flat desert that surrounds the southern end of the GCRY slowly gives way to rolling, pine-forested hills. Nearing The Hole, the hill... (more)

Long Hood Forward on MBTA? No, MBTA has not adopted long-hood forward operation. When #1133 returned from being overhauled by NS, it was set off in Nevens Yard for a CSX local to f... (more)

A look inside Seashore's restoration shop reveals three cars in as many stages of restoration. Philly Transit's 1912-built Brill car #6618 at left is essentially complete, but in need of some cos... (more)

While the 150 or so photographers riding the Helmstetter Farm Fund trip were pretty excited to see 734 strut her stuff, the cows don't seem especially interested. They were more concerned with th... (more)

Railfans in New England can almost always count on NECR to run with power we won't find anywhere else, even if it isn't theirs. CSOR 2340 is holding down the Palmer assignment, while other CSOR u... (more)

This Is Only A Test. If this were the actual trip, a steam locomotive would be on the point. A diesel trip was conducted on Friday afternoon for photographers to see the line and g... (more)

Heading for Frostburg. 734 whips around Helmstetter's Curve on a trip to raise funds for the construction of John Helmstetter's new barn. Without John's cooperation, this view would surel... (more)

Among New England roads, the New Haven was best-known for coastal trackage, but the B&M's Eastern Route hugs the coastline for most of its length as well, as demonstrated by MBTA 2156 crossing Che... (more)

Yard Limits. There's no yard to speak of at Hiline Junction, only the Hiline Branch diverging from the main line. Still though, the yard limit marker made a nice photo prop when #9... (more)

Starting Off. At McGill Junction, #93 performs the first of the weekend's 60 or so photo runbys. Engineer Lou Bergandy and fireman Karl Dodge are in the cab, with conductor Don Pur... (more)