The BL-2 cannot be confused with any other EMD locomotive. EMD put the F-3 machinery in this semi-streamlined carbody to make its first roadswitcher. One BL-1 and 58 BL-2's were built in 1948 an... (more)

In later years the Western Maryland's pair of EMD BL2s were assigned to yard jobs at Hagerstown, MD, paired with homemade slugs for extra tractive effort. WM 82, seen working here on a winter day ... (more)

The Monon owned nine EMD BL2s, a strange evolutionary step between cab units and GP7s. Some found BL2s to be hopelessly ugly; I always thought they were kind of neat because they were so different... (more)

The remaining Saratoga and North Creek equipment sits on the siding at Corinth awaiting its uncertain fate, The two EMD BL2's were the most unique locomotives on the once popular railroad before a... (more)

The SNC shut down back in the Spring of 2018. Since then they have been making clean up moves to get all the equipment off the former D&H Adirondack Branch. On September 7th, the final move of equ... (more)

LAST TRAIN TO CORINTH. The now defunct SNC “funeral train” rests in the back woods outside of town after making a noon run out of Stony Creek yesterday with the last of the operable fleet out... (more)

. Hard to believe after seven years this may be the last time we see this sight coming into Saratoga Springs Station.

The deadhead move for the final Saratoga and North Creek Railway "Snow Train" rushes past Thurman Station amidst an early April snow storm as it heads for Saratoga Springs.

LAST RUN? According to the latest statements, this final run of the winter Snow Train is suppose to be the end of Iowa Pacific passenger operations on this former D&H line. For now, Iowa Pacific m... (more)

Rumbling north out of Saratoga over the chilly Sacandaga River on a cold early spring day in the Adirondacks.

One of the few operable BL2s in North America backs in to the final? "Snow Train" at Thurman Station on a cold, wintery like Saturday in early April. It’s been a good-at times-great 7 year ru... (more)

FINAL RUN: After arriving in Saratoga Springs, New York with what was likely the last Saratoga and North Creek Railway passenger train, one of the railroad's employees poses with his family... (more)

The final passenger train to be operated by the Saratoga & North Creek Railway and perhaps the last train ever to operate over this historic ex- D&H branch passes through Stony Creek, NY along the... (more)

The final train to be operated by the Saratoga & North Creek Railway and perhaps the last train to ever operate over this historic ex- D&H branch travels south on its return trip to Saratoga, NY.

FINAL RUNS: The deadhead move for the Saratoga and North Creek Railway's final Snow Train appropriately battles through an April snowstorm as the train heads south through Stony Creek, NY o... (more)