A chop nosed WM geep switches out the North Yard at Brooks Ave.

LAL 418 - 420 - 425 lift a train up the short grade and out of Lakeville on a foggy and frosty morning.

The shortest thru train I ever saw on the Southern Tier. Guilford was in the midst of a nasty strike, so they would throw together whatever they could and run it with management employees and new ... (more)

A Westbound SeaLand train has D&H 414 leading, still in LV paint after over 9 years of D&H & Guilford service.

I was headed up Highway 61 to chase the Westbound CNW freight out of Winona, when I saw a headlight in the distance on the Milwaukee Main. I pulled over and grabbed this Eastbound Sprint train, be... (more)

Trying to photograph a train on the Portage Bridge from the waterfalls side is a lesson in patience. There is only about a 3 hour window of good morning lighting, and that is only during the longe... (more)

A pair of C-430's are slugging it out on the grade to Gulf Summit with an early NYS&W haulage train. The track swinging off to the left was the Jeff Connector, which was heavily used as a detour i... (more)

The Westbound Sealand stack train is on CRs Southern Tier Line. Power is a colorful mix of D&H, Guilford and Detroit Edison paint schemes.

An Eastbound with a ex RDG GP-39-2 and a pair of N&W geeps roll into Cobleskill.

Head end brakeman Angie climbs back aboard RS-97 after flagging the crossing at North Street. The tilt board signal protects the diamonds with old NYC and Erie branch's, which were inactive by thi... (more)

One of the ex Wabash F-7s rests at the Bison Yard engine service area after bringing in a train from Canada.

One of CR's ugly, gray, Ballast Express units leads TV-203 on a Spring day. Those NS units were an indication of what was to come for this line a little over 2 weeks later after CR was divided up ... (more)

An Eastbound D&H freight descends Richmondville Hill at Warnerville, NY with "turquoise" leader 7316. The paint on the 7316 faded really fast for some reason. I don't recall any of the other unit... (more)

Many are lamenting the "loss" of the D&H as NS purchases much of the line from the CP. To me, the D&H was lost a long time ago. A classic, late D&H, 3 builder lashup, in 3 paint scheme variatons, ... (more)

My first encounter with Guilford's recently acquired SD39's. Lettered for the B&M, 692, 691, & 690, along with a MEC U25B, lead an Eastbound along the Canisteo River at Browns Crossing, NY on Sept... (more)