A Four Builder Lashup?

The lead unit of this northbound Delaware & Hudson train began life as D&H RS3 4122. Although it still carries a lot of its RS3 lines, D&H 505 was outshopped... (more)

With the setting sun barely above the horizon, a southbound Delaware & Hudson train makes its final approach to Allentown yard. The two ex-Lehigh Valley GP38-2’s and two ex-Reading GP39-2’s ar... (more)

After the Delaware & Hudson’s expansion as a result of the Conrail merger, the D&H was short of power, and looked in all directions for additional locomotives. One solution came in the form of a... (more)

Trains NE84 and NE87 were a cooperative effort of the Delaware & Hudson, Lehigh Valley, Reading and Baltimore & Ohio to move freight between Rouses Point, New York and Potomac Yard in Alexandria, ... (more)

The Delaware & Hudson had several run-through trains with the Lehigh Valley. One of those trains, symbol MA-2 (Mechanicsville – Allentown) is seen here approaching the village of Siegfried, just... (more)

Rock Star

When the Susquehanna won the right to run haulage trains over Conrail’s Southern Tier line between the Southern Division in Little Ferry and the Northern Division in Bi... (more)

PT-98 crosses under the abandoned DL&W Delaware River Viaduct.

When the Susquehanna purchased the ex-DL&W Syracuse and Utica branches in 1982, it had an immediate need for additional power. Searching the used locomotive market, the NYS&W purchased five Alco C... (more)

When the Susquehanna lost its western interchange with the Lehigh and New England in 1961, its traffic naturally dropped off considerably. Nonetheless, its fleet of RS1’s and S2’s, most built ... (more)

The Erie Lackawanna invested heavily in EMD’s “45” line, starting with 34 SD45’s purchased in 1967-8. Wanting to add range to the next order for the big fuel guzzlers, the EL bought 34 fau... (more)

Mac Attack!

Back around 2007, NS assigned the 7200 series SD80MAC's to South Fork for use on coal trains. But they also were assigned to local service, as well. Here 3 80MAC's lead... (more)

The NYS&W Bicentennial unit is still looking good in 1978, a few years after receiving the red, white, and blue paint.

The word was out on the railfan grapevine that on Sunday, October 19, the first road train would operate over the newly rehabilitated Susquehanna/Lehigh & Hudson River mainline. Quite a few photog... (more)

When the Poughkeepsie bridge burned in 1974, a vital link in the Alphabet Route (NKP/WLE/PWV/WM/RDG/CNJ/LHR/NYNHH) chain was broken. The Alphabet Route provided routings between the Midwest and N... (more)

In 1985, the Susquehanna completed the purchase of the former Lehigh and Hudson River main line between Sparta Junction, New Jersey, and Maybrook, New York. For the next year, the track was rehabi... (more)