Conrail Revisits the River Subdivision

On a gorgeous Summer morning, hotshot UPS train Q008 had a special leader in the form of NS 8098, the Conrail heritage unit. Since CSX re... (more)

Delayed Daylight Freight

The SU-100 is running a few hours behind schedule allowing for a daylight run through New Jersey. The train featured an interesting set of power which ... (more)

Late Evening Ballast Extra

With a little over two hours of daylight left, the WS-2X eases past a small field on the outskirts of Sparta as they head for the Gap where they'd ma... (more)

"The Carnival Comes to Town"

The annual Strates carnival train is seen passing through Hillside with a pair of CSX EMD's providing power. While the train visits the... (more)

Morristown & Erie Office Car Special

The Morristown & Erie operated a board of directors special on February 2, 2017. The train would run from Whippany to Randolph and return u... (more)

Heavy Horsepower on a Pint-Sized Local

The Sparta local is running East past the predominantly empty Butler Yard. The crew will stop in just a few miles at Pompton Junction to ... (more)

Coasting to Sparta

An NYS&W local brings hot Sparta loads West on a gloomy Wednesday morning as a result of no SU-100 coming East the previous night. The crew was assigned both... (more)

"Detour on the Susquehanna"

On a beautiful Spring day CSX Q004 is seen detouring down the NYS&W with two GE's for power. After months of shooting trains with nothing but barr... (more)

Surprise Southern Belle

Hearing the night before that NS 212 would have a pair of Kansas Belles on point I made my way to NS's Lehigh Line the following morning in pursuit of t... (more)

Saluting Our Veterans

While the odds of catching the NS Veterans unit at this location are slim, its even harder to catch Amtrak's Veterans unit. With dozens of NS trains trave... (more)

Quartet of 40's on the 99

In the not too distant past before the SD60s arrived on the NYSW, scenes like this were the norm with SD40T-2's/SD40-2's hauling the tri-weekly road f... (more)

Kuiken Brothers Pick Up

After swapping out this empty center beam for a loaded center beam at Kuiken Brothers the MO-1 shoves East to Holland Manufacturing where the crew will ... (more)

N&W 611 Splitting the CPL's

N&W 611 put on quite a show for the dozens trackside in Villamont as the steam excursion split the orignal N&W CPL's.

Eastbound Empties at Tabor Lake

The Morristown & Erie has collected the 6 (+1) center beams which were delivered to Kuiken on Monday and is heading back East to Harrsion where ... (more)

"Evening Eastbound through Hawthorne"

Due to heavy snowfall the previous day, the NYS&W dispatched a plow extra consisting of two light engines to clear crossings on the Southern... (more)