A rust colored spider tries best to blend with its surroundings, crawling up a handbrake wheel back to its web on a vintage 1962 Southern Railway bulkhead flatcar.

DE30AC locomotives 409 and 423 bracket the DOTX #221 which is an automated track inspection car dispatched by the Federal Railroad Administration. This classy looking car was built in 1954 as Cana... (more)

LI #103 and #164 idle away the humid evening before the night shift workers come in to inspect and load box them. The 103 works primarily within the Richmond Hill passenger yard, shunting coaches ... (more)

Work Train 2 heads down the NYAR Secondary (formerly Montauk Branch) with 30 empty ballast hoppers in tow for refill. They are destined for Fresh Pond for interchange with the Providence & Worcest... (more)

The sun sets over Morris Park Shops and engine 519 as it sits on the turntable awaiting minor repairs.

The two main forms of public transportation to the eastern tip of the North Fork are shown here: The LIRR and Hampton Jitney. Today, we beat the bus to Orient.

Four generations of LIRR railroad equipment line up at Riverhead on a beautiful autumn afternoon. On the far left is an LIRR EMD DE30AC, a NYAR GP38-2, a retired LIRR MP54 MU coach, a retired LIRR... (more)

The RS40 heads to Pine Aire to pick up some cars. Today they are running double ended and the 268 is on the opposite end. Although the train was traveling away from me, to expedite the move, this ... (more)

After LI 2052 and 2053 cleared Beth Interlocking to the east, the RS41's two iron horses started to gallop west with a heavy load of construction debris and recycled glass. They were full throttle... (more)

A 41 car RS71 rounds the curve near Merritts Road with the 300, 301 and 270 which is dead in tow.

3629 departs New London.

The RS30 shoves downstairs to Fresh Pond yard after picking up some loads from the CSX Fremont Interchange.

The Work Train 1 crew heads into the MoW yard in Holban with engines 158, 154 and 16 cars in tow. They'll pick up 14 more empties and head to Fresh Pond to interchange with NYAR and CSX. The name ... (more)

The NYAR RS30 drags out two GP38-3 locomotives to US Rail's Brookhaven Rail Terminal, where they will find their home for the next two years. The two engines in tow are HLCX #1010 and 1017. The 10... (more)