Back in 1969 I was a little disappointed when the Delaware & Hudson's southbound Laurentian out of Montreal showed up this day at Mechanicville behind an RS3 rather than a PA, but these days I wo... (more)

On Friday the 13th the NS First Responders unit leads a short empty autorack train WB into the intermodal yard and the NS connection at Mechanicville, NY. The engine is approaching the EB search l... (more)

The jointly-operated Pan Am Southern/Norfolk Southern train 287-13 hauling empty autoracks from Ayer, MA to Ohio, is seen crossing the Hudson River at Mechanicville, NY on the Pan Am Southern Frei... (more)

Pan Am Southern pig train 22K passes a canned 28N at Hem Street Park. It was rather nice to see an ex-Conrail Dash 8 leading the charge on 22K as opposed to a Dash 9.

The "Norfolk & Western" Heritage units, NS 8103 pays a visit to Upstate New York for the first time on train 28N, here the train sits in the yard waiting for a crew.

On of the last few remaining high hood GP40s in Guilford paint leads train RJED across the Hudson River Bridge on their way East.

Pan Am Railway's office car special train leaves PAS rails for Canadian Pacific-controlled trackage at CPF 468 on the way to turning the train on the Magic Triangle west of Mechanicville, NY on Au... (more)

Pan Am Railway's attractive office car special train is seen crossing the Hudson River Bridge on the way into Mechanicville, NY on August 18, with PAR FP-9As PAR-1 and PAR-2 leading newly cleaned ... (more)

B&M 300, built 12/1977, is on train and ready to depart the Mechanicville Yard. This unit ended up on the Ontario Northland as ON2201 in 2005.

The NS Interstate heritage leads NS 22K, the Chicago to Ayer, MA intermodal, as it awaits the outbound Pan Am crew at the Mechanicville yard. After a rainy and foggy day a little bit of sun lights... (more)

For the first time, the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train takes over the Colonie Main since CP no longer owns the south end. Here is the CP 2246 leading the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train, a great wa... (more)

Amtrak operated its annual Autumn Express train this year from Albany, New York to East Deerfield, Massachusetts and return with Amtrak P42DC 145 and P40DC 822 leading an 11-car train over trackag... (more)

Sometimes it pays to get up really early on a Saturday morning. At around 7:00 AM on Saturday, August 29, 2015, CP GP38-2 #7307--a former D&H engine--leads Train D45 north for Saratoga as it burs... (more)

"Long Hood Forward D&H Geep by XO"