Happy 19th Birthday! The culmination of decades of work by local advocates came to fruition on December 15, 2001 with the inaugural run of Amtrak Downeaster service between Boston, Massachu... (more)

Tough Thoroughbred. Norfolk Southern Corp 7118 (GP60, 1991) leads train 93M through Marysville, Pennsylvania towards Enola Yard on the evening of Friday, November 20, 2020. Built in 1991, i... (more)

Rescued. Raven Rail LLC's recent equipment move helped save S-1 Alco 5 from an uncertain future. This engine was built in 1947 by Alco Schenectady (New York) and used as their plant switche... (more)

Other Yonkers Rail History. Currently home to the Yonkers Brewing Co. and the Trolley Lofts, the 1903 building in the background spent almost 50 years serving the Yonkers Railway Company, b... (more)

Making The Most Of A Gloomy Day. On the morning of Monday, November 23, 2020, CSX Train E792 (CSXT 3297, ET44AH leading) brings a long string of empty coal cars towards Harpers Ferry, West ... (more)

The Wester New York Historical Society maintains both the station building and displays at the Williamsville Lehigh Valley Depot in Williamsville, New York. Built by the Lehigh Valley Railroad whe... (more)

Re-Lettered. The Western New York Railway Historical Society recently completed work on re-lettering their 40' Type XM boxcar at the Williamsville Lehigh Valley Depot in Williamsville, New ... (more)

Liberty Limited. On December 11, 2010, the Army v Navy annual football game took place at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Juniata Terminal Railroad (JCTX) former Penn... (more)

The Most Famous Small City On The Mohawk? Little Falls, New York (population was 4,946 at the 2010 census) is small city on both the Mohawk River and present day CSX line of the same name. ... (more)

Rebuild In Remsen. The Remsen Depot in Remsen, New York is a completely new structure, built on the site of the previous station. The Remsen Development Corporation organized donations and ... (more)

The Road To A More Certain Future. The history of New York Central's Buffalo Central Terminal did not begin in 1929, but that is when the station finally opened after many years of negotiat... (more)

Reflecting On Street Ops. MHWA 2453 (née-Erie Lackawanna 2453, Alco C425, 10/1964) rolls down Schuyler Street in Utica, NY on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. Due to a mechanical failure of Ne... (more)

Not Stopping For Shopping. MHWA 2453 (née-Erie Lackawanna 2453, Alco C425, 10/1964) passes the New Hartford Shopping Center on Campion Road in New Haetford, New York on Wednesday, December ... (more)

The Shot. MHWA 2453 (née-Erie Lackawanna 2453, Alco C425, 10/1964) passes the watch tower on Schuyler Street in Utica, NY on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. This few blocks of street running i... (more)

We're On. Former Adirondack Railway Corporation #25 (Alco RSC2) is pictured at its current home at the Utica Children's Museum on the corner of Railroad Street and Main Street in Utica, New... (more)