Storm clouds gather west of the distant Green Mountains in Vermont, but it is a sunny afternoon in New York as EDMO passes the new (future) CPF 468 signals. The new signals are part of a greater ... (more)

A very colorful consist leads train 450 through Mechanicville on CP's Colonie Subdivision. Behind CITX 3177 is HLCX 7008 (ex BN SD40-2) and ICE 6456.

D&H Bicentennial U23B #1776 sits on a train at Mechanicville Yard

The usual colorful #450 makes it's early evening appearance through Mechanicviile passing what will be the new CPF468 interlocking into the southeastern throat of the new yard. Soon both the C... (more)

ICE power rolls NB thru a backyard in Mechanicville along US Rt 4 at 5:44PM

An interesting sight: power from a Midwest railroad leads a train past a trademark location of the Northeast. Though it is no longer active, XO Tower has been in the process of being renovated by... (more)

Eastbound freight. We chased this train and got stuck in a snowbank at Johnsonville.

CP 450 (Saratoga to Kenwood and return) has two ICE units assigned as it rolls thru the construction zone at the new CPF-468 which is under construction and will provide the entrance to the new in... (more)

An empty ethanol out of Kenwood Yard in Albany, NY is rolling NB for Montreal and points west. The power will be turned on the wye at CPF-478 so the CP unit will be in the lead in Canada. A DM&E l... (more)

East Deerfield, MA to Mohawk Yard, NY mixed freight rolls thru the new, under construction, CPF-468 at 4:42PM. The new signals can be seen behind the power. After a week of rains, yet more storms... (more)

Finally after a year of dashed hopes, I got my wish when a loaded ethanol #642 finally made it south of Saratoga in daylight to the Capital Region on the former D&H Colonie Sub. The colorful f... (more)

A little kiss of sunlight out of an obstructing dark cloud lights up an approaching MOED into Mechanicville on a cold afternoon. The crew is passing through the yard on the shoo fly track where... (more)

After 10 years of being wrapped up in Tyvek the former XO tower now dons a new set of windows, revamped stairs and roof.

In the shadow of the old tower, CP #414 heads for the Colonie Sub on a windy, brisk Black Friday as shoppers devour the marked down goodies in the electoronic department selves at the area malls ... (more)

Chopped nose and RS3 waitng for crew at Mechanicville. This location was Railfan Central in the sixties and seventies.