LaserTrain Wrap. On Thursday, October 12, 2023, MTA Metro-North Railroad's "LaserTrain" car, Comet III 5010 (née-MNCW 5180, Bombardier, 1990) operated on the Hudson and Harlem Li... (more)

New Jersey Transit heritage unit CNJ #4109 sits on display among other heritage units at Hoboken Terminal during event celebrating NJ Transit Rail Operations 40th Anniversary 1983-2023.

Ns 8758 sit's rusting away at the local scrap yard.

The star of NJ Transit's "Meet the Heritage Fleet" event at Hoboken Terminal was not actually a current NJ Transit locomotive. "Erie Lackawanna" U34CH 3372 is in the process o... (more)

The recently restored Erie Lackawanna 3372 made an appearance at NJ Transit's "Family Day" event at the Meadowlands Maintenance Complex. It was posed indoors among other hardware and eq... (more)

Another look at EL 3372 on display at Hoboken Terminal during NJ Transit's "Meet the Heritage Fleet" event. The shiny U34CH looked right at home under the terminal's Bush train shed fro... (more)

History at Hoboken. Erie Lackawanna Railway (EL) U34CH no. 3372 (GE, 1970-1973) and Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) E8 no. 5711 (EMD, 1949-1954) are seen side by side during NJ Transit's 40... (more)

Inclement weather was not enough to deter fans from visiting the URHS "Boonton Yard Open House" event where a cosmetically restored EL 3372 was unveiled to the public. NJ Transit was ki... (more)

Erie-Lackawanna U34CH No. 3272, recently repainted, shares space with NJ Transit's GP40PH-2 No. 4101 in the United Railroad Historical Society's Boonton Yard during a surprise night shoot with lig... (more)

Wet Premiere: Remnants from Tropical Storm Ophelia couldn't keep people away from seeing the URHS's spectacular unveiling of their repainted and externally restored U34CH. The locomotive is... (more)

It Really Is Blue. On Sunday, September 24, 2023, United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey unveiled a major step forward in its newest restoration project. GE built U34CH 3372 was p... (more)

It Really Is Blue. On Sunday, September 24, 2023, United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey unveiled a major step forward in its newest restoration project. GE built U34CH 3372 was p... (more)

Intermodal switchers at Alliance yard.

Rock Island train number 509, The Rocket, is seen at Wichita Kansas in 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A 1948-built Baldwin switcher sits on display outside Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark. This engine started out as a switcher for the Sloss Furnaces before being sold to U.S Pipe & Foundr... (more)