The Empire State Express rolls under a rather unique signal gantry at Rochester's depot trackage. For more views of the action that day see GodfatherRai... (more)

The Fireman on the westbound Empire State Express exchanges pleasantries with his fellow rails on an eastbound counterpart, lead by 4019.

A Water Level Route passenger train has arrived, equipped with a steam generator, at the Rochester station. Steam engines or not, passenger trains were still in need of an active steam line well ... (more)

Classic NYC power! A Mohawk meets a lightning stripe E8 at the National NYC museum.

Almost looking like they're just making a station stop, NYC 4085 had led the last Eastbound 20th Century Limited on December 3, 1967. Many thanks to the Nati... (more)

This is the beautifully-restored interior of the Rome, New York passenger station. A few years prior to this photo, the inside of the building was dingy, and a small river of slime was running th... (more)

Grand Central Terminal on 42nd between Lex and Madison - Opened on Feburary 2, 1913, Manhattan's only surviving large station (Pennsylvania Station was razed in 1964), hosts 67 tracks on two level... (more)

Mail and express #473 was carded for 2:13pm at Crestline, carrying passengers only as far as Galion. Perhaps 472 is running behind today, as the eastbound counterpart, #473, was carded for 3:10pm... (more)

A suspected Mohawk-led mail and express train, with 4 head-end mail cars, slows to stop at Crestline. It was scheduled into Crestline at 3:10 and did not carry passengers (1956 Ohio Div. TT). Du... (more)

A steam meet at Crestline, as Niagara 6014 pulls in with #473, while #472, also led by steam, is in the process of loading/unloading mail and express at Union Depot. The Big Four was a last basti... (more)

A profile of Niagara #6014 during a midday station stop at Crestline. This was mostly a mail & express train, carrying passengers only as far as Galion. The interlocking tower is behind the loco... (more)

The Niagara was the epitome of powerful dual-purpose NYC steam, and could stand its ground on the ledger sheet with the invading internal combustion power. Nonetheless, 6014 was scrapped a year o... (more)

A Big Four train crosses the Pennsy.

Complete local freight is laid out before us. Engine to caboose just fit in fine. Though it is February most of the snow is gone as we were experiencing a mild winter the year I took this shot. I ... (more)