Although its paint doesn't show it, RBMN's pride of the fleet, SD40-2 3058, leads an empty tank train down the former Reading Main Line just south of Hamburg. In the distance you can see new-insta... (more)

An unmistakable Maine Central caboose punctuates a train leaving Rigby Yard in Portland, Maine. The trainman is striking a pose that would probably be frowned on in today’s safety culture.

A Susquehanna haulage train backs through the NYS&W yard in Binghamton, New York. The rear of the train can be seen crossed onto Conrail’s Southern Tier line.

One of the earliest Susquehanna haulage trains backs through Binghamton, New York to get onto the Southern Tier. Getting the NYS&W’s veteran power on a road freight was a major railfan attractio... (more)

When the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad acquired the former Lackawanna Syracuse and Utica branches, they also received rights to operate haulage trains between their two disconnected div... (more)

Bay Line GP15T's are assigned to the Columbus & Chattahoochee RR and are seen working the yard before heading to the business district along the river.

The View from Starrucca

A Northbound Delaware & Hudson train, led by three GP38-2’s, one D&H and two Boston & Maine, snake through the curves of the Penn Division at Lanesboro, P... (more)

The power of a southbound Delaware & Hudson train, detoured by the Belden Hill tunnel expansion project has arrived at Lanesboro, Pennsylvania, and has run around its train. A “puller job” has... (more)

Heading home out of Taylor.

Reading & Northern's "Fast Freight" (North Reading-Pittston turn) is the premier train on this regional railroad. It runs a rigid schedule and does no work along its run, making a round... (more)

Helpers on EL 3623 East move across Starucca viaduct on an October morning. Behind the ex-DL&W caboose, lead helper 7094 is a former Erie unit, while the 8454, second out, is former DL&W - both of... (more)

The New Face Of NRFF. On Wednesday, May 19, 2021, the "Fast Freight" schemed SD50-2 5019 lead the Reading & Northern's North Reading Fast Freight, seen here in Dupont, Pennsylvani... (more)

Signal Sunset. The best sun of the afternoon was at sunset on November 4, 2021 at Solomon's Gap, Mountain Top, Pennsylvania.

My father and I were on our way to upstate New York to catch NKP Berkshire No. 759 leading a High Iron excursion. We spent the night, as we so often did, beside the tracks - here along the D&H roa... (more)