An eastbound express and westbound local 7 train meet near 40th Street Station in Queens just after sunset on a cold April evening.

"Smoking up GCT" Smoke lingers in the air as Metro North GP35r 105 tows a troubled diesel set out of Grand Central Terminal towards Croton for repairs.

"Amtrak Visits Marble Hill"

The magic of other times....

"TGC4 at Brooklyn Bridge" New York City Transit's Track Geometry Car (TGC) waits to be lined up for the loop at Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall station. The TGC roams the NYCT system i... (more)

Unusual snowfall for this year season.

Sunrise on a cool spring morning brings a golden glow to the view from Smith-9th Street in Brooklyn, across the rooftops of Carroll Gardens, to the skyscrapers of Lower Manhattan rising in the bac... (more)

In the late 1960s/early 70s, Brooklyn's Bush Terminal Railroad was known as the home of some of GE's first diesels, a group of seven 60-ton, 300hp mini-hood units built in 1931 that turned out to ... (more)

One of GE's earliest diesels, 1931-built Bush Terminal Railroad 5, works the Brooklyn waterfront back in 1970. These interesting little engines and the railroad itself are long gone, but some of t... (more)

Two NJ Transit trains travel through A Interlocking back when it was open air. This area has been built over and forever changed. You can really see the grade as the tracks dip down toward the tub... (more)

With dawn breaking over Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan, a Manhattan-bound F train heads down the ramp from Smith-9th Street station, into the tunnel that will take it underground through four more s... (more)

In the late night and early morning hours, when train frequencies are at their lowest, the 'garbage trains' ply the various divisions of the New York City subway system, collecting bags of rubbish... (more)

Look up! This tourist guide has wisely brought his group into Grand Central Terminal fairly early on a Saturday morning and has them admiring the many features that make this such a special place ... (more)