One day before the new year will dawn, the brave crew of the Hudson grain train rumbles up in a late December mini blizzard to 7th street to serve the ADM Greenport Mill. Former Conrail beasts 8... (more)

Slowly making its way along S 7th St.

On what is likely to be one of the most ungodly hottest days of the year in the Hudson River Valley, two back to back ex-Conrail SD40-2s idle at the small pocket Yard in Hudson NY. The crew had ... (more)

A late season snow storm adds a bit of Christmas like atmosphere to this scene as the Hudson Grain Local hauls up ten loads for the mill. It's only several days till spring but that's the northe... (more)

I never got tired of shooting the cool Amtrak FL9s along the Hudson in my former hometown. There was always a new angle or season to capture them in. Before you knew it they vanished and the "... (more)

After servicing the ADm plant, up the hill, the power for B957 comes back to the yard light.

Amtrak 63, the NB-WB Maple Leaf is passing CP-114 as it arrives at Hudson, NY for its station stop. The FL9 will be cut off at Albany.

Eastbound Amtrak No. 68, the "Adirondack," was leaving Hudson, NY on June 10, 1987 with FL9s No's. 485 and 491.

A woman enjoys a smoke as she watches the grain train fight auto traffic on 7th Street from the Iron Horse Bar with six cars for the mill in Greenport.

280 glides to a stop in Hudson with a dented, road-weary P42 on the point.

With TrainFestival over, we return to you to your regularly-scheduled railfanning. Here the northbound "Adirondack" pulls into Hudson, about 40 minutes late.

Someone wisely moved the schoolbus in the background out of the way from it's previous parking position before the local hit 7th Street with a zillion tons of heavy train and two big "I"s for po... (more)

Amtrak train 281 passes the Hudson grain local on it's arrival into Hudson Station.

A rarely seen former Conrail SD60I leads the Hudson B957 local past the Iron Horse Bar on 7th Street with a handful of empty hoppers from the Greenport Center at the ADM Mill.

Hudson Grain Train has 2 ex-CR SD60I for power today, on a HOT HUMID July 9th. Train went up the hill lite, pictured here returning with 22 empties. They assembled their train and headed for Selki... (more)