A handsome set of Boston & Maine second generation power (two GP38-2s sandwiching a GP40-2) ties back onto train MEPO (Mechanicville, NY, to Portland, ME) after making its Lowell setout on an earl... (more)

It's a busy morning on the Boston & Maine at Ayer, MA. From right to left are train MERU (Mechanicville, NY, to Rumford, ME, B&M/MEC runthrough) behind second generation power, train EDCO (East De... (more)

Light snow is falling as an EMD quartet swings through East Fitchburg, MA, with train MERU (a Mechanicville, NY, to Rumford, ME, B&M/MEC runthrough). Three GP40-2s front a trailing GP7 that was pr... (more)

Boston & Maine GP38-2 204, joined by a second GP38-2 and a GP40-2, leads an eastbound freight out of Mechanicville, NY through Shirley, MA, on a bright late summer morning.

Penn Central's U33Cs were the first locomotives to be delivered from the factory in PC black, ordered by the PRR but arriving during PC's first month. On a winter afternoon, one-year-old 6553 and ... (more)

Boston & Maine GP18 1754 leads train EDSP (East Deerfield to Springfield) through Mount Tom, MA, on the Connecticut Valley line on a warm autumn afternoon. When this photo was taken,, power poolin... (more)

NS train 19G is about to pass the Altoona Transportation Center with a colorful trio of BNSF units trailing.

A smart trio of GP9s leads Boston & Maine train EDSA (East Deerfield to Salem, MA) through the town of Shirley on a bright summer morning. This job normally ran with matched sets of GP9s rather th... (more)

With the reopening of the line over Sparta Mountain, the Susquehanna could now run excursions on the Southern Division. Here an excursion from Little Ferry arrives at Warwick, New York.

The Susquehanna inspection train for its management and BOD to get a first view of its new route between its Southern and Northern Divisions rolls through Franklin, New Jersey. The recently reacti... (more)

The partially frozen Charlottesburg reservoir is quite low as a Susquehanna inspection train rolls westward on the newly-reopened NYS&W main line over Sparta Mountain.

First Views

Wearing a coat of paint that is literally hours old, New York, Susquehanna & Western F45 6370 leads an inspection trip west across the Ramapo River in Oakland, New Jers... (more)

Baby Boat

In 1975, the Maine Central went shopping for its first new power in nine years, and chose ten of GE’s U18B “baby boats”. With their unique 8-cylinder FDL engines, t... (more)

A Delaware & Hudson Belden Hill detour train comes west on Conrail’s Southern Tier line east of Lanesboro, Pennsylvania. The former Erie main line can be seen crossing the frame in the distance... (more)

One of the Delaware & Hudson’s big U33C’s leads a southbound Belden Hill detour train west on Conrail’s Southern Tier line. The station at Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, also known as the Starru... (more)