A nice blue trio of war wagons.

The last NECR detour train PAR "MFMO", the second of two such moves from the washouts in Vermont caused by tropical storm Irene, approaches Beck Road in the setting sun. As soon as I learned what... (more)

The calendar has just turned to April but there's still snow on the ground in Otter River, MA, as Boston & Maine train MERU (Mechanicville, NY, to Rumford, ME, via B&M/MEC) smokes things up on its... (more)

The head-end brakeman is about to detrain as northbound WR-1 arrives in Port Henry. The hoppers on the head-end will be set off and taken up the old Lake Champlain and Moriah Railroad, which by t... (more)

The head end crew is on board and the three U33C's (756-755-754) soon will leave Whitehall Yard for Rouses Point. WR-1 and RW-6 were the mainline freights between Wilkes Barre, PA and Rouses Point... (more)

Two Erie Lackawanna veterans, GP7 1234 and SW1200 459, are on the engine tracks of the former Lehigh Valley’s Coxton Yard. While processing this photo, I realized that the top of the Sullivan Tr... (more)

Conrail is well over a year old, but a lot of operational changes are still in the planning stages. The former EL Lackawanna Cutoff is still intact, and through trains still pass through East Stro... (more)

Legendary Delaware & Hudson engineer/RFE Bernie O’Brien was at the throttle of a set of units switching Taylor Yard when we arrived there. Soon we were aboard for a short ride out the yard lead ... (more)

The operator's view of the morning rush from the Montreal West tower. Two E-8's power a very short overnight D&H Montreal Limited up the South Junction Lead while a CP Lakeshore commuter train pow... (more)

The post-Conrail version of the Delaware & Hudson was nothing if not colorful, and the large number of Alcos on the roster made it a northeast railfan favorite. Here a C424m and two C420’s wear ... (more)

B&O 6913 and C&O 3569 are seen wying a Chessie System passenger special in Michigan. The train would return west to Barr Yard in Riverdale, IL. Tom Golden photo.

One of two units to be painted in Delaware & Hudson’s bicentennial scheme, rebuilt RS3 506 gets ready to lead a northbound out of Taylor yard. The “clubfoot”, which first wore number 1976 af... (more)

A southbound D&H train with a large amount of intermodal traffic enters the Delaware & Hudson yard at Taylor, Pennsylvania.

Northbound Delaware & Hudson tonnage snakes through the wye at Bridge 60 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The train, which has just departed Taylor Yard, is bound for Binghamton via the newly-acquired D... (more)