The Morning Drill

Having dropped the SU-100 power at the servicing facility just East of here, WS-1 proceeds to the MC Yard to break down the 100 with CEFX 3147 for power. Hot ... (more)

Reflections on the Hackensack River

The Hackensack River was unusually still for the SU-100's passage allowing all 5 EMD's to reflect perfectly across the river. The park was a... (more)

Hackensack River Crossing

Only minutes away from the MC Yard the crew of the SU-100 eases across the Hackensack River with one of the railroads two SD40-2's on point. The norma... (more)

"Espee in New Jersey"

In 2012 lease units started to make more regular appearances on CSX trains throughout the system, one of these units happened to be an ex-Southern Pacific u... (more)

"Short on Horsepower"

Having nearly stalled on the grade at Gulf Summit the NYS&W was faced with a decision; send the train up Sparta Mountain with the two CSX engines and hope f... (more)

EMD Quintet on the Southern Tier

A set of five EMD's (Two CSX and three NYS&W) lead a detouring Q710/SU-99 combo up the Southern Tier past the Delaware, Lackawaxen & Stourbridg... (more)

Commerce Boulevard Crossing

The striking Morristown & Erie pair of an SW1500/C424 crosses Commerce Boulevard in Succasunna after making a delivery to Triumph Plastics. ME 20 is... (more)

Southern Style on the Susquehanna

The WS-2 made an unusual daylight run to Butler with a set of NS GP38-2's for power. The short hood unit, NS 5294 has been a regular on the ra... (more)

Whippany Railway Museum Arrival

The attractive Maine Eastern FL9 leads the first Westbound Easter special of the day back into Whippany after running to East Hanover. A crowd o... (more)

"Running Lite to Mount Olive"

The Morristown based local has just dropped their train on the Chester Branch as the crew runs M&E 18 LHF down the High Bridge branch to pick up an ... (more)

"Morning Eastbound through Wyckoff"

As I laid awake in bed on a warm Spring morning I heard horns echoing from the nearby crossings on the NYS&W. After assessing th... (more)

Center Street Local

An extra Morristown based local made a morning run to the Center Street Branch in Kearney to collect two loads from the CSX interchange. The crew would run ... (more)

"Lackawanna Duo on the ex-DLW"

The engineer of PT-98 eases his train past the Moscow station as he prepares to bring the train to a stop for lunch. This edition of PT-98 feat... (more)

Delaware River Crossing

A successful day of plowing the Southern Tier is nearly over as the crew approaches CP Sparrow in Sparrowbush, NY. There the Maintenance of Way crew wil... (more)

Sweeping Through the Mountains

The Cortland based crew is about an hour into their run to Port Jervis hauling three high and wide loads. The train is passing through a small fi... (more)