Weekend Stay at the Station

Hurricane Sandy crippled many railroads throughout the Garden State, the NYS&W being one of them. The day before Hurricane Sandy an FRA inspection t... (more)

Phase III Heritage at ALTO

Amtrak's Eastbound Pennsylvanian is being powered by the only P40DC to be decorated in one of the four heritage schemes. The train is passing the no ... (more)

Hurricane Irene Detour

In the months following the devastating effects of Hurricane Irene Metro North was forced to detour equipment moves over the NYS&W as a result of an 11 m... (more)

An Early Evening Road Freight

While the train itself is the SU-99, the local crew WS-2 is running the train West with three SD60's as they thunder past Newfoundland. In the fal... (more)

The Warwick Turn

The daily local out of Campbell Hall makes a run down the Hudson Seocndwry on a brisk November morning behind the the M&NJ's very own GP9u, their caboose (acti... (more)

Special Duty Quartet in Lackawaxen

While the majority of this run had taken place during the height of a steady rain storm, the clouds broke just in time for the SU-100's passa... (more)

Strates Carnival Heading up the Delaware

The annual Strates Carnival train is making its yearly run up the Southern Tier after spending the summer in New York State. This is on... (more)

Steam & Freight on the Strasburg Railroad

The excursion being pulled by N&W 475 having just dropped off passengers passes a string of freight cars stored on the passing siding.

Blue Ridge Pick-Up

Having dropped their 6 loaded lumber cars at Kuiken Brother's in Succussuna, MO-1 made a quick stop on the High Bridge Branch to grab one empty from Blue Rid... (more)

Morning Westbound at Lake Grinnel

A small lake community in Sparta, NJ awoke to the sounds an unusual morning freight train as five EMD's hauled a lengthy SU-99/Q710 West. This... (more)

"Veteran EMD Leader"

A relatively clean YN2 SD40-2 is on the point of Q417 as the train heads South through Ridgefield Park, NJ. With the majority of CSX's locomotiv... (more)

Steam on the Blue Ridge District

N&W 611 is leading the morning excursion from Roanoke as it heads through Webster Virginia. Drowned out by the cloud of smoke is a pair of orig... (more)

"Leasers on the SU-99"

With only a single NYS&W unit in consist, SU-99 heads West into the setting sun on a warm spring day. Before the NYS&W acquired the SD60's, CEFX SD40's rul... (more)

"Bright Colors on a Dreary Day"

Fall foliage is nearing peak in Altoona, PA as an empty coal train heads West with one of my personal favorite locomotives on point, the SD80MAC.

Treading Water

The Morristown based MO-1 treads lightly across a puddle of water which has accumulated over the right of way after making a delivery to Triumph Plastics in Moun... (more)