A pair of Conrail C40-8Ws and an NS EMD lead an SENS south through Ridgefield Park. NS run-through power was common on this Selkirk, NY to Linwood, NC (via Hagerstown, MD) train.

6102 leads a loaded UCR coal train north through Ridgefield Park, NJ. This train would have been destined to the Central Hudson Power Plant in Roseton, NY.

NJ Transit's Armed Forces commemorative unit heads west out of Bound Brook on the Raritan Valley Line.

A very weathered Illinois Terminal heritage unit and an even more weathered Union Pacifc AC44CW lead NS 268 east through Manville, NJ on a beautiful spring morning.

Back when the Erie Lackawanna heritage unit could still be found leading transfer runs to Browns Yard, Conrail OI-16 arrives at Browns late on a spring afternoon with NS 1700 on the head end.

Conrail SA-42 crosses the Raritan River at River Draw on NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line under "Fujichrome skies". The train is headed for Browns Yard after making a set-out in Por... (more)

Five units hustle Conrail ML-480Y east through Fullers, NY on the Selkirk Branch. The head end is at the location where the east and westbound mains separate on the western approach to the flyove... (more)

Over the years many unusual locomotives have found their way to NYS&W rails. The short-lived era of Susquehanna's control over the bankrupt Delaware & Hudson was one such time period when you nev... (more)

SP 9793 leads an interesting consist that includes an Amtrak F40PH and a Montana Rail Link SD40. The train is headed south on Union Pacific's Lufkin Sub in Shepherd. A little over a year had pas... (more)

Angelina & Neches River's appropriately-numbered SW1500 works across the diamond in Lufkin, TX while the crew handles interchange with UP. The train is actually on UP's Lufkin Sub, while the trac... (more)

NYS&W WSPX heads in the clear on the Limecrest Industrial Track at "LIME" (MP 63) in Sparta, NJ. The westbound excursion will meet train 258 here before proceeding west.

Susquehanna ran a lot of excursions over the years, particularly after the line over Sparta Mountain was reopened in the mid-80s. You could argue that the excursion era peaked when a pair of form... (more)

M&E 18 has completed an interchange run to the NYS&W at Passaic Junction to pick up a group of former CP Rail C424s as well as Susquehanna RDC M-1. This unusual consist is seen shortly after depa... (more)

The hottest train on Conrail's River Line was TVLA. Scheduled to depart North Bergen at 7:30am, it was usually through CP 5 before 8:00am, and was carded to be interchanged directly to the Santa ... (more)

Conrail TV-556 gets underway after a crew change at Selkirk Yard. Southern Pacific power was common on this once-per-week double stack train, but the trailing Santa Fe B36-7 was a nice bonus on a... (more)