Restored New York Central E8 4083 is posed in front of the URHS/StarTrack restoration facility in Boonton, N.J. The 4083 was only one of three New York Central units to wear the jade green scheme.

"NYC 4083 is a one-of-a-kind locomotive that New York Central painted in the experimental “Century Green” paint scheme. It was one one of three units, in an A-B-A set which received the s... (more)

The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long (2.33 km) elevated linear park, greenway and rail trail created on a former New York Central Railroad spur on the west side of Manhattan in New York City. The aba... (more)

A Penn Central commuter train powered by a New York Central RS-3 makes its station stop at Newtonville, MA, en route from Framingham to Boston on a summer morning. In later years the NYC's passeng... (more)

On a Sunday afternoon in Penn Central's first summer, New York Central RS-3s gather at the Putnam Junction engine terminal in Brewster, NY, to await the Monday morning rush hour. By this time the ... (more)

The brakeman returns to the cab after flagging a grade crossing in Adams, MA, as the daily Penn Central local freight out of Pittsfield on the Pittsfield-North Adams branch rolls slowly into town.... (more)

Former New York Central E8 4093 heads up Penn Central train 427 at South Station in Boston. This two-car train to Albany, where it made a western connection, served as PC's pre-Amtrak connection f... (more)

Penn Central was in no hurry to spend money on repainting commuter equipment, so in September 1968 this evening rush hour train train that was ready to leave Boston's South Station for Framingham ... (more)

One of two U28Bs lettered for the NYC; others were P&LE

The "Hendrick Hudson" heads for Albany, after switching from electric to diesel power (a pair of E8s) at Croton-Harmon

One of the few New York Central cantilever signals stands guard over the entrance to Frontier Yard in Buffalo in 2016 as a summer thunderstorm builds over head. These classic searchlight signals h... (more)

Under the ancient triple search light signal near downtown Rochester. These classic signals no longer exist.

Stop Signal displayed on this cold dwarf that could tell quite a story or two, if only it could talk.

From onboard Pennsy's train #90, The South Wind, we get a highball from the rear brakeman aboard a NYC freight waiting in the hole. Burr Siding was south of Lebanon on PRR's I&F, and was improved ... (more)

New York Central added 70 new GE U25Bs (phase 1 & 2) to its diesel roster in 1964-65. These 2500-series speed merchants were typically assigned to priority traffic, while older first-generation un... (more)