Membership has its privileges! The Conrail Historical Society's summer meeting was a grand tour of the SMS Lines. The morning started off with a trip around the Pureland Industrial park, chauffeur... (more)

Its always busy at the park after a snowfall. Both the Rack crew and Park crew are busy cleaning up switches.

#938 heads out of town while Billy waits to pull back onto the branch to wait for there loads.

Failures Happen….Eleven Days after this image was taken 03’ went down for the count after a failure in the #8 power assembly. The unit is currently residing at SMS’s Bridgeport Shops awaitin... (more)

Waiting on the westside for #939 to Clear. Note....The photographer is a part time railroad employee who has permission to ride and was wearing all required safety equipment when this photograph w... (more)

Mixed Freight today on the O'l Albany Main!

It's not that common to see the GP38-3 & SW14 'pup' paired together on this turn. The crew is seen heading back to Guilderland NEIP as they approach the MP-22 Schoharie Turnpike Crossing with s... (more)

Amazing how things can change in a week. Last Wednesday when I shot NE-1 at this same spot it was warm, there was still some leaves left up on the hillside on the upper right corner of this image ... (more)

Fall Foliage this year was hit and miss. Usually it seems the Swampy areas are the first to turn with dramatic colors. They are also the first trees to lose there foliage too as is seen in this im... (more)

I took this image back in June. At that time spring was in full swing and the trees were filling out and the grass was growing. As I type the leaves are almost gone and before we know it the snow ... (more)

Having just left Delanson, NY with loaded autoracks handed-off by CP Train 938, SNY Train NE-1 with Reading-schemed SMS GP38-2 #2003 is about to cross under NY Route 7 on the former D&H Albany Mai... (more)

After dropping a fairly large cut of mty’s and picking up one from the day before due to a really late #938, Todays #938 has no racks, the A-Team is seen coming up the short grade out of Delanso... (more)

Back to the park with one on a gorgeous Fall morning!

After making there pick-up from CP at Delanson the A-Team is seen rounding the curve at Bozie Hollow Road Crossing heading home with nine loads of shiney new Ford products for Dealers in New York ... (more)

SMS "NE-1" heads north through the signal bridge at CPF499 with nine loads after making it's drop off(in the background) for a waiting #939. The crew will cancel their TBO and continue east for... (more)