Five unit Wilkes-Barre to Mechanicville freight is just North of Carbondale, PA. Engineer just got a signal from the dispatcher and is notching out his five trusty RS-3s to keep the tonnage moving... (more)

During the late 60s to mid 70s the Delaware and Hudson acquired 4 Alco PA-2s and 2 Baldwin RF-16s thus becoming the railfan Railroad of the Northeast. A crowd has gather around the two Baldwin &qu... (more)

The "Paper Train" slams through downtown Bainbrdge NY on a gorgeous December day. This train carried newsprint paper from Canadian mills to a large number of east coast newspapers.

Back in 1969 I was a little disappointed when the Delaware & Hudson's southbound Laurentian out of Montreal showed up this day at Mechanicville behind an RS3 rather than a PA, but these days I wo... (more)

Delaware & Hudson 7303 leads a display train up Conrail's Lehigh Line on its way to a Memorial Day weekend event at Steamtown National Historic Site.

In 1980, there was no internet, and news of a new locomotive or paint scheme came via magazines a couple of months after the fact, the “railfan grapevine”, or happenstance discovery. While on ... (more)

True Colors

One of two Lehigh Valley C420’s to retain its 1964 as-delivered “yellow jacket” paint scheme, now-D&H 413 leads a train west (D&H north) from Allentown, Pennsylv... (more)

A Delaware & Hudson Belden Hill detour train comes west on Conrail’s Southern Tier line east of Lanesboro, Pennsylvania. The former Erie main line can be seen crossing the frame in the distance... (more)

One of the Delaware & Hudson’s big U33C’s leads a southbound Belden Hill detour train west on Conrail’s Southern Tier line. The station at Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, also known as the Starru... (more)

The D&H 7303 is off to work on the Plattsburgh local on a perfect December day.

D&H 7303 passes the historic Plattsburgh, NY station. The 7303 is one of only 2 locomotives still in operation with the D&H "lightning stripe" paint scheme.

Certainly the most impressive feature of the Lackawanna main line between Scranton and Binghamton is the Tunkhannock Viaduct, the largest concrete structure in the world when completed in 1915. Of... (more)

Having arrived a bit early for Steamtown's Railfest, these two lightning striped beauties sit in the afternoon sun.

In the waning days of the Delaware & Hudson Bevier Street yard in Binghamton, New York, a C420 rolls off of the turntable while a U33C idles on a house track. The acquisition of the former Lackaw... (more)

A Four Builder Lashup?

The lead unit of this northbound Delaware & Hudson train began life as D&H RS3 4122. Although it still carries a lot of its RS3 lines, D&H 505 was outshopped... (more)