“Cube Congestion @ Belmont”

On April 27th, 2025, Long Island Rail Road MP15AC 158 leads a trio of cube locomotives into the work train equipment-congested Belmont Yard in Elmont,... (more)

“Stone Train @ Valley”

On April 27th, 2025, Long Island Rail Road Extra 158, with MP15AC 158, passes Valley Interlocking Tower as it tows a stone train through Valley Stream, New... (more)

“Stone Train @ Westwood”

On April 27th, 2025, Long Island Rail Road Extra 158, with MP15AC 158, passes Westwood station as it tows a stone train through Malverne, New York on the... (more)

On the night of Thursday, April 17, 2025, Ronkonkoma train 1977 collided with a vehicle at the Wellwood Avenue grade crossing, causing the car to explode and the front of 9157 to catch fire. The f... (more)

A work train sits across from the former Calverton Train Station which closed in 1981, awaiting a night crew to bring the train back west.

The RF1 crew is seen shoving into to Wellwood to tie their train down for the night. They're returning from the Sayville DEF with several flat cars loaded with new track panels and two payloaders ... (more)

Returning from the Sayville DEF is the RF1 crew with several flat cars loaded with track panels and two payloaders for future work on the system.

E-15's 158 and 165 bracket the charred and broiled 406 on the slow crawl west through Eastport. This is far from their final destination of the receiving yard at Morris Park. On Sunday, LI 406 suf... (more)

While waiting for the FRA DOT train to depart Valley Stream, MP15AC 158 is seen hauling a four car set from Babylon on their way to the storage yard in Jamaica.

"Standing by at Maspeth"

On the night of April 14th, 2022, Long Island Rail Road MP15AC #158 stands by as MP15AC #152 shoves a consist of six decommissioned M3 railcars onto the Nav... (more)

The scene at New Hyde Park is quite different from the last time I was there with the addition of a third mainline track from Floral Park to Hicksville, with the first section between Floral Park ... (more)

"LaserTrain at Mill Neck" Long Island Rail Road's "LaserTrain" heads west past the old Mill Neck Station on the Oyster Bay Branch. The station was opened by the LIRR as... (more)

"LaserTrain at Malverne" Long Island Rail Road's "LaserTrain" heads west past Malverne Station towards Valley Stream on the West Hempstead Branch. Opened in the early 1... (more)

"LIRR YPD131 at Wheelspur" Long Island Railroad's YPD131 crew backs a bulkhead flat onto the "River Track" at Wheelspur in Long Island City.

"LIRR YPD131 on the River Track" Long Island Rail Road's YPD131 crew backs a bulkhead flat into a set of retired Budd M3s awaiting scrap at Wheelspur in Long Island City.