An impromptu detour into work provided this nice surprise for me on this gorgeous august morning. An Ex-Conrail C40-8W provides a nice touch with a little exhaust. Boy do I miss Conrail.

Next Stop Buffalo.

EB intermodal passing through Guilderland on its way to Selkirk.

EB intermodal passing through Guilderland on its way to Selkirk.

Conrail TV79 crosses over the Watervliet Reservoir Dam and the Normanskill Creek about 12 miles out of Selkirk Yard on its way from New Jersey to Chicago. Trailing units are SSW GP60 # 9626 and SP... (more)

Sometimes, the members of the train crew will watch you...

An hour after Q390, Q380 rumbles across the bridge...for all the previous times I've made trips to the Selkirk area, my luck with foreign power was hardly existant...this day seemed to make up for... (more)

When I heard Q390 was coming, I crossed my fingers and hoped that it would have UP power...and it did, in the form of elephant style Union Pacific SD70Ms...a beautiful site for one whose eyes were... (more)

I got here just in time to try this new angle of the French's Hollow Bridges...this shot is usually very hard to get since this track is almost always used for westbounds, but since CSX has been w... (more)

A combo of regular and heavy AC4400CWs lead this Chicago bound train toward the next crew change in Buffalo...

Foreign power in the form of a Canadian National SD75I, SD50F and a SD40-2W lead this Canada bound train from Selkirk...this was, by far, Saturday's Catch of the Day...

Q380 glides over the French's Hollow Bridges 6:35 in the morning...despite the looks of it, there are actually two bridges here, the silver westbound bridge in the front, and the rusty eastbound b... (more)

CN Montreal to Selkirk run through CNSE crosses over the Watervliet Reservoir Dam and the Normanskill Creek about 12 miles from its destination of Selkirk Yard. Trailing unit is CN SD40u # 6010 wh... (more)

CSX F40 #9992 leads an Office Car Special east at Stone Road.