Unique to Conrail but all too common on the Boston Line, a C30-7A leads an early morning EB intermodal (headed for Boston) out of the short tunnel located a few miles west of the actual MA-NY stat... (more)

The VTR's B&R job heads past a classic New England Winter scene as it makes its way south for North Bennington and ultimately Hoosick Junction to interchange with Pan Am Southern.

The VTR's B&R job heads south through East Dorset, VT during a light snow as it heads for North Bennington (where it will pick up a train of loaded limestone slurry and bring it to Hoosick Junctio... (more)

With a new CSX crew on board this loaded ethanol off the CP/D&H prepares to depart CP tracks at the south end of Kenwood Yard and roll onto the CSX Port Sub. This location is the junction point be... (more)

An early running 252 kicks up some fresh powder from the previous nights dusting making for a Christmas Card like scene.

Oldie But Goodie After swapping cars with CSXT at the Palmer interchange yard Massachusetts Central Railroad heads for home with leader 2100.

On a cold but spectacularly clear January day a big eastbound Pan Am freight hammers through town on the old Boston & Maine mainline enroute to East Deerfield Yard. This line was first laid down ... (more)

It's one of those hot, steamy, summer days and a short cloud burst just dumped some rain on Cobleskill. I'm looking out the window of 2306, while the engineer, in the unit ahead of me, looks up th... (more)

VTR 201 leads the B&R extra past the classic depot in Arlington with cars bound for N. Bennington and interchange with Pan Am Railway.

The first loaded ethanol train that ran over the VRS ran in an 80 car train. This required the VRS to use most of their fleet for this single move. In a pinch, when a unit fails or they become pow... (more)

Under threatening skys, WA-2 crosses Messalonskee Stream as it nears Waterville.

I find it surreal that one can still photograph a lightning stripe passing this famous D&H photo location in 2010! D&H GP38-2 #7312 leads a CP inspection train northbound past the old "Cobleskill... (more)

One of a kind. First and only passenger train through the central Adirondacks since the original 1980 Olympic venture failed. Adirondacks - literally no development in this view. Approximately ... (more)

RS-1 has run around the train for southbound return to Owego NY. The Tioga Central RR originated in NY state [Tioga County NY] on a former Lehigh Valley line but then moved the entire operation t... (more)

Starrucca Viaduct was built in 1848 and still carries freights today. Railfanning defies logic when a photographer will hike up an unknown winding trail at dawn, in thick fog to wait for a specia... (more)