Highball Scribner. SP&S Alco 313 has a clear signal and order board to proceed east to Spokane. This is railroading the way it was with the engineman and station operator acknowledging each othe... (more)

An early morning westbound is lead by 4258,2541 with 116 cars at Lyle. The wind whipped Columbia is visible in the background.

Heading through fresh snow on the way to Falconer, N.Y.

Meadville Turn eastbound.

My trip to the Pacific Northwest in 1979 was blessed with less than perfect weather that the area is know for. It even made me appreciate the weather back home in Upper Michigan. This shot has BN ... (more)

Renumbered SP&S C425 is leading a mixed consist with an SP C628 and ex GN F7 at Trego, MT shortly after the merger to BN.

Still in its' New York & Lake Erie paint, this former Conrail Alco readies to tie down for the evening.

MHWA Alco C425 #805 picks up a load of telephone poles at a loading yard near Boonville, NY. The train is on its way back to Utica after making a trip to the end of the line at Lyons Falls.

MHWA Alco C425 #805 heads south past the station at Holland Patent on its way back to Utica after a trip to the end of the line at Lyons Falls.

MHWA Alco C425 #805 hits snow some at Pine Street in Remsen, NY as it heads north on its way to the end of the line at Lyons Falls.

MHWA Alco C425 #805 heads north through Boonville on its way to the end of the line at Lyons Falls.

RARE MILEAGE. The MA&N does not frequently serve Lyons Falls, New York these days; the major shipper here, Lyons Falls Pulp & Paper, closed down a decade ago. However, another nea... (more)

Battling a typical Upstate New York snowstorm, an MA&N crewmember locks the switch on a siding leading into a telephone pole loading yard in Boonville before heading south to Utica. Today's train... (more)

MHWA Alco C425 #805 leads its train south as it approaches Remsen, NY on a return trip from the end of the line at Lyons Falls. Many thanks to fellow railpictures.net contributor Aaron Keller for... (more)

The morning train departs Lakeville in fresh snow. The train will back into the spur and pick up the 10 cars of corn that are visible above the train.