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)

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)

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)

Comin' through town is the RS70 on their way to YA siding where the crew will wait for the eastbound to clear before running around their train and head back west to spot and pull at Sills.

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)

On the morning of June 14, 2024, crews were observed readying M3 car 9794 for loading onto a flatbed truck destined for the NCPD academy, where emergency personnel will receive hands-on training w... (more)

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)

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

After doing testing in Boston, Amtrak Acela II is seen heading past the Princton Junction Station, back to Philadelphia.

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)

For two consecutive weekends the Welded Rail Train dropped rail on the mainline between Calverton and Manorville. When crews weren't working, the train was laid up on the Calverton Spur which is t... (more)

The week of April 22nd is the last of the crossing rehabilitation in Riverhead. We see two separate work trains sitting in LD siding, awaiting crews to continue their work the rest of the week.

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 seen crossing over from ML4 to ML2 at Queens interlocking sticking with track 2 the entire way to the Central Branch. With RULE 261 capabilities routing for the freights can be di... (more)