The Harlem line was quite the traveled branch by railfans on August 16th, 2023. Metro North's inspection train made a round trip to Wassaic from Grand Central Terminal with the two 40th anniversar... (more)

The previous night was quite a doozy for the RS51 crew after an open door dragging on one of the hopper cars. The problem was found on their move west in the town of Farmingdale forcing their trai... (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)

New Jersey Transit's Aqua train is seen heading eastbound over Hollywood Avenue in Ho-Ho-Kus spraying the rails free of the leaves. It's cool seeing the different leaf fighting trains each railroa... (more)

On a Wednesday afternoon we see Amtrak train 291 the Ethan Allen Express heading Northbound approaching the Oscawana tunnels. Next stop is Poughkeepsie!

On the first day of my vacation to Colorado we see southbound manifest (yes there was mixed cars on the back) throttling up as they got held up for the previous southbound at the signal. They are ... (more)

Long Island Railroad's Welded Rail train is seen on the east end of LIRRs mainline dropping rail between LD and KO. Three MP15AC's 157/158/166 power this 28 car train as it crawls west while they ... (more)

Mutiple Long Island Railroad MP15s are seen lined up in Port Jefferson's west yard awaiting their next assignment. For multiple weekends in the months of July and August major track rehabilitation... (more)

The RS41 is seen heading westbound through the town of Wyandanch on Main Line 1. Moments prior to this picture westbound local 2053 was seen heading west on 2 where they will be making their stati... (more)

Due to the wildfires in Canada the entire Northeastern Sky was filled with smoke that created quite the apocalyptic feeling. We witness Metro North's first of 5 wrapped engines heading past Oscawa... (more)

On most occasions when the RS71 returns to pineaire they use the east yard switch to access the pilgrim track. In this instance the main yard track is backed up and they're forced to shove into pi... (more)

Before chasing the FRA train around the island the RS40 made its way to Kleet lumber in Huntington. This train was made double ended from Fresh Pond, so the crew didn't have to runaround in Northp... (more)

Another Sunday means another RS70 passing Brentwood station with the fall colors showing. They're on their way to Posillico Materials East in Holtsville.

A 10 car set of Budd M3s is seen pulling out of the pocket track in Massapequa. The pocket track was constructed in 2014 and completed in 2021 for the purpose of turning Babylon line trains that s... (more)

The RS70 crew is almost done for the day but not before shoving their train into Pilgrim via the west switch. In most cases the crew uses the east Pilgrim switch to drop their train on the outboun... (more)