"JetBlue FDNY Over LIRR" JetBlue Airways Flight 634, utilizing their "Blue Bravest" Airbus A320-232 , makes it's final descent into JFK Airport's Runway 22R as a westbo... (more)

"522 with a New Nose at Penn" Long Island Rail Road DM30AC 522 prepares to lead train 564 east from Track 15 in Penn Station. The 522 features a newly painted nose which was installed afte... (more)

Passing the Team Track and cut Siding for freight no longer in use. Dual-Mode Train from Port Jefferson to Penn Station.

There are still traces of snow on the ground from the previous weekend's storms, as a Long Island Rail Road EMD DE30AC is caught by the setting sun leading its train out of Long Island City yard t... (more)

"THRU THE PENNSY PL SIGNALS" The Huntington-Port Jefferson Shuttle has just passed thru the Hunt 3 signal bridge. Next stop Greenlawn.

"Oyster Box at Mill Neck" Long Island Rail Road train 562 heads east past the old Mill Neck Station on the Oyster Bay Branch. The station was opened by the LIRR as "Bayville... (more)

“WEEKEND DUALMODES” Train 6609 to Penn Station is passing the PL pedestal signal that controls westbound moves into Huntington Station. Switch on left is not in use since Nassau-Suffolk Lumber mo... (more)

The Long Island Rail Road acquired 222 owl-eyed MP54 class MUs in 1909 and 1910, and some survived in service past their 60th birthday. This riveted veteran led an outbound consist of mixed car t... (more)

One of the Long Island's fleet of 30 Alco Century 420s hurries east through one of the local stations in the borough of Queens with an outbound commuter train.

It's only around 6:20am, but after a winter storm brought snow to the New York area overnight, a Long Island Rail Road crew has already cleared the platforms at Woodside station in Queens, in time... (more)

Anywhere but Long Island, the sight of a switcher type locomotive leading a passenger train would be an oddity, but the LIRR bought 23 EMD MP15ACs with high speed gearing for commuter service and ... (more)

An inbound Long Island commuter train swings off the Oyster Bay branch and onto the mainline at Nassau Tower in Mineola, NY. Leading the way is "power pack" cab car 620, which began life... (more)

"Inspection on the Wye" Long Island Rail Road's Roustabout crew sits on the east leg of the Fresh Pond Wye with a pair of Kawasaki M9 EMUs that were just delivered by CSX. Here, ... (more)

"Nines on the Fresh Pond Bridge" Long Island Rail Road's Roustabout crew tows a pair of Kawasaki M9 EMUs over the Fresh Pond Bridge clear of the "Interchange" switch in... (more)

On the first day of spring I can't help but reflect on a winter that, in the New York area at least, was somewhat underwhelming, in contrast to many parts of the USA that really got hammered.... p... (more)