Really red! One of my favorite all time pics, let’s go back to Friday, July 30, 2010. After a few weeks of fruitlessly waiting for the phantom Friday Canadian Pacific train, we finally struck gold... (more)

Sunrise on the Sunset Limited. The tri-weekly Amtrak Sunset Limited (Train 1, P42DCs 45 and 28) has just begun its journey of 1,995 miles from New Orleans, Louisiana to Los Angeles, California on ... (more)

The Mikado, not the Berk. Forget about the NKP, the older Mikado type (2-8-2) locomotive 765 was built by Baldwin for the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway in 1929, predating its later numbered cous... (more)

Repurposing a landmark. The former New York Central Railroad power plants in Glenwood near Yonkers, New York has sat dormant for decades. Built in 1907 as part of the electrification of the railro... (more)

Don't take it for granted. When the State of Connecticut elected to paint four P32s in the "McGinnis" paint scheme, railfans and historians were elated that the tradition was continuing. But as it... (more)

Right train at the right time. The gamble paid off on Monday, May 25, 2020 as with reduced service during the pandemic, the sweet evening light does not fall upon many trains. Late report of NJ Tr... (more)

Flags units. Union Pacific Railroad 1943 (Veterans Tribute, SD70AH) 9082 (Flag Units, SD70AH) we’re heading back to Norfolk Southern Corp Croxton Yard on Saturday, June 2, 2018 as they pass the fo... (more)

Original EL. Before Norfolk Southern repainted its younger cousin, The National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri, undertook a cosmetic restoration of former Erie Lackawanna SD45 360... (more)

Back to Back. Amtrak Train 49 (Lake Shore Limited) is preparing to leave the Amtrak Albany-Rensselaer Station in New York for Chicago, Illinois on the evening of May 22, 2019. Luck brings P42DC 14... (more)

Remounts. Amtrak 49 (Lake Shore Limited) is on the final leg of the first part of its journey as it travels under the remounted New York Central searchlights at CP 124 near Stuyvesant, New York on... (more)

Who will swerve first? Norfolk Southern Corp train C29 was rolling past Adamsville Road in Hartstown, Pennsylvania on the rainy afternoon of October 30, 2019 with "Operation Lifesaver" G... (more)

Harmon-ized. The display of engines in front of the MTA Metro-North Railroad Locomotive Shop on the evening of Sunday, May 17, 2020 was arranged as if for a photo shoot. BL20GH 115 and GP35R 103 s... (more)

Coordination is important. Amtrak 704 (Phase III, P32AC-DM) and 10001 (Phase III, Beech Grove) had a momentary meet at the yard in Albany-Rensselaer on the afternoon of August 10, 2016. The "... (more)

Youngest one holds the markers. An MTA Metro-North Railroad Poughkeepsie bound train with P32AC-DM 231 (New Haven Tribute) passes MTA LIRR 9012 (M9) on the rear of the an outlawed CSX Q701 on the ... (more)

Precious Cargo. Amtrak Train 30 (Capital Limited) was entrusted with the final leg of the delivery of Amtrak ACS-64 642 (Salutes Our Veterans). On the afternoon of May 18, 2015, it makes the stati... (more)