After a long day of almost no trains and with the ones I caught having all GE's leading, it was nice to see an EMD leading L279 west into CP 173.

A CP SD60 still in its original white SOO scheme leads BNSF 5069 and BNSF 9075 plus a buffer and ethanol empties WB along the ice jammed Mohawk River just east of CP-173

After sitting in the Amsterdam siding for over six hours, the crew of the Q620 is finally on the move again. The train makes a daily run between Massena, NY and Selkirk, NY. During the Conrail era... (more)

A spartan cab GE charges east with an intermodal train while the daily Q620 holds on the Amsterdam siding.

CSXT engine 922 leads and intermodal freight around a curve on the bank of the Mohawk River.

After hold at CP 173 for the K048 in the block ahead, the engineer grabs a refreshment as he gets things back under way.

A loaded ethanol train bound for Linden, NJ rolls through CP 173 on a comfortable winter morning.

Got wings? The daily Chicago Barr Yard to Selkirk, NY manifest did as it rolled through CP 173 on what started out as another frigid morning in the Mohawk Valley.

The K636 rolls east along the bank of the frozen Mohawk River on a cold day with an unlikely visitor to the area, an Indian Railroad SD9043MAC.

A CSX empty autorack train rolls WB along the icy Mohawk River at Lock 10. Its the day after a decent snowfall with temps around zero and a stiff wind blowing down the valley as sunset approaches ... (more)

A loaded ethanol train rolls along an ice choked Mohawk River at Lock 10 on its way to a layover at Selkirk Yard prior to heading for its New Jersey destination. DM&E "City of Arlington" leads a v... (more)

My first train to start the day, another BNSF K train. BNSF's aren't that uncommon anymore but they are still nice to catch. Here is the K040 with the 4787 at one of my favorite spots on the Mohaw... (more)

Lock 10. Prior to being destroyed by hurricanes twice, Lock 10 was a pretty good spot to hang out and watch trains roll along the Water Level Route.

An empty oil train rumbles along the Mohawk River on a fine fall afternoon. The train unloaded it's load of Bakken Crude oil in Philly and is on it's way back to the oil fields of North Dakota. ... (more)

CSXT engine 7589 leads a mixed freight east along the Mohawk River. It appears that this engine was report to the new boxcar scheme within the last few months.