The Local Sized Road Freight

Making an uncommon daylight appearance, Wednesday's edition of the SU-100 is merely 9 cars looking more like a local rather than the railroads road... (more)

Second Susquehanna ECO
The second SD33-ECO rebuild on Susquehanna's roster has just rolled out of the engine terminal and will be put to work on the WS-3 local for the evening. The un... (more)

Tunnel Motor on Yard Duty

WS-4 has NYS&W 3016 for power as the crew is tasked with switching out well cars in CSX's Little Ferry intermodal yard. The bridge which this train is... (more)

"Long Hood Forward"

After outlawing in Sparta the previous night, an extra crew is on board the Sparta turn as the train crosses the Hamburg Turnpike with 29 cars in tow. When ... (more)

"Running Above Route 23"

Having outlawed the previous night, the Sparta turn makes a rare daylight appearance on a Saturday morning with a single tunnel motor pulling a whopping ... (more)

"Annual Toys for Tots Train at Butler"

The 2012 Toys for Tots train approaches its final stop of the day in Butler, NJ as the sun makes its first appearance of the day. Unlike th... (more)

What I did on my Summer vacation, redux: My SU-99 jinx continues; two Fridays in a row. But tunnel motor 3016 drills baretables on a sunny afternoon.

NYSW SU-99 heads across the Hackensack River bridge. This train later stalled climbing the grade near Newfoundland.

NYS&W 3016 is one of four SD40T-2 locomotives on the roster. It is parked for the weekend at the railroad's compact Ridgefield Park engine terminal. On an otherwise cloudy day, a peek of sunshine ... (more)

A pair of New York Susquehanna & Western engines are seen coming off the CSX mainline and heading back to Binghamton light, after having dropped off cars on the pocket track by the Belle Isle Sidi... (more)

NYSW 3016 departs the MC Yard with a short train of empty gondolas heading out for another load of contaminated soil (one of New Jersey's exports). In the foreground lies the remains of a long-ab... (more)

NYSW SD40T-2 3016 and CSX SD40-2 about to cross the Hackensack River Bridge.

NYS&W 3016 leads CSX SD40-2 8813 and NYS&W SD40-2 3022 across the Hackensack River bridge.

The Susie-Q still fields some interesting motive power. Sometimes you just get lucky. Southbound train was captured from northbound lanes of parallel I-81 with no planning. Family trip northbou... (more)