The usual colorful #450 makes it's early evening appearance through Mechanicviile passing what will be the new CPF468 interlocking into the southeastern throat of the new yard. Soon both the C... (more)

It was always a nice treat when you a got an elusive westbound coming around the north track in the morning sun. A couple weathered "Kodachromes" EMDs up front didn't hurt matters either. Happi... (more)

A detour 16R with an awesome combination of VTR EMD & Pan Am GE four axle power, passes the RK Miles Lumber facility as it heads north to Rutland out of Hoosick Junction on a cloudy Sunday morning... (more)

It didn't happen very often but occasionally a six pack of "little boats" would head a bog freight on the B&A out of Selkirk making a wonderful don as they charge the reverse S curve into Chatha... (more)

First sunrise northbound on a calm, warm spring morning at the Catsill Creek.

Slow morning on the Selkirk Branch as a heavy Q-390 storms east past the new signals and crossovers at Voorheesville NY for Selkirk Yard.

A CSXT yard job shuffles a long line of BNSF grain loads after yet another snow storm clobbers the Capital Region.

Two colorful former BN sister units head west with freight Q393 off Track 11 on a moody evening. The pair arrived earlier in the day on K632(ethanol for the Port of Albany).

This was one of those lucky breaks this hobby will occasionally give you if the stars align(which in all honesty is usually NOT the case...). I missed this unusual duo on a K044 earlier in the w... (more)

The latest Bakken loaded oil awaits a Pan Am crew in near sub-zero winds on virgin snow on a frigid Sunday morning. The "K" oil Train landed at the Junction around 23:00hrs last night and will d... (more)

On a likely record breaking warm morning in mid-December for the Hudson Valley, an employee Christmas Special rounds the big curve at Hudson NY bound for Rhinecliff NY out of Albany/Rennselaer St... (more)

On a beautiful September afternoon, CR freight FRSE-28 rumbles west by the former Blue Seal Feeds facility in Chatham Village. The days are ticking down for Conrail, the handsome MACs and the fe... (more)

Three matched ex-SOO SD60s skirt beside Route 9W with a southbound loaded ethanol on a mild March afternoon.

On a frigid, blue dome day, a tremendously rare leader off the CP rumbles over the frozen creek bed with a loaded ethanol train. The former SOO SD60Ms have long been a favorite of mine but very di... (more)

One of the very last ex-Conrail SD60Ms in service, the CSXT 8761(former CR 5501) along with the CSXT 8846, hold at the base of the wye as the crew waits for a northbound Amtrak into Hudson Statio... (more)