Rest In Peace, Frank English. From the time that he joined MTA Metro-North Railroad in 1984, Frank English's next 26 years were spent documenting not just the special events, but the day-to-day life of the railroad. Today, the New York Transit Museum brings us the sad news that Frank passed away on April 6, 2025. His legacy will live on at the museum, as they have accepted the donation of his photographs and are currently digitizing the collection. But it also lives in those who were educated by or simply enjoyed his photos. By starting almost at the beginning of MNR, Frank was in a unique position to photograph the rebuilding of an organization and infrastructure that had been decimated by decades of neglect and underfunding, and demonstrate that progress to the public. A role that has largely gone unfilled by railroads in the modern era, Frank was (to date) the last Official Photographer of Metro-North. This photo from May 3, 2024, at Oscawana near Croton-On-Hudson, New York captures a passing meet between P32s MNCW 220 and 208, representing the two paint schemes that spanned his career. Thank you for sharing your work with us Frank, you will not be forgotten.
With three lines radiating north out of Grand Central Terminal plus service to Port Jervis on the former Erie, Metro North covers a wide swatch of New York's northern suburbs with varying terrains.
