Southern Division Tie Extra

As clouds loom overhead an NYS&W maintenance of way extra heads Westbound past a small pond in Sparta. The ultimate destination for this train is Sp... (more)

The engineer notches out four-month-old Susquehanna B40-8 4002 as it approaches BD interlocking in Binghamton, New York. The Susquehanna’s rapid traffic growth in the mid-1980’s had it looking... (more)

On one of the coldest mornings that I’ve ever railfanned, Susquehanna F45 3638 idles near the engine house in Binghamton, New York. By Alaska or North Dakota standards, 14 below is not unusual, ... (more)

Susquehanna F45 3636 leads a Delaware & Hudson train from Philadelphia into the yard in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Almost as interesting is the trailing GP38 with a CSX number and C&O reporting mark... (more)

NYS&W SD33ECO 3016 patiently waits its next assignment at the railroad's Ridgfield Park, N.J. fuel facility.

"The Swarm"

Westbound Deadhead

With plow work on the Southern Tier complete, the Binghamton based extra crew returns Westbound with the Russell Plow now unoccupied and in the trailing posi... (more)

Delaware River Crossing

A successful day of plowing the Southern Tier is nearly over as the crew approaches CP Sparrow in Sparrowbush, NY. There the Maintenance of Way crew wil... (more)

Snow Plowing Winter Storm Stella

Operating as BH-X an NYS&W road crew along with a team of maintenance of way workers were tasked with clearing up the CNYK Southern Tier after ... (more)

Russell Plow on the Southern Tier

While daylight freights are an uncommon occurrence on the Southern Tier they seem to happen a few times per year given various circumstances c... (more)

Kicking Up Snow in Cochecton

An NYS&W plow extra continues down the Southern Tier as snow is effortless brushed away from the tracks. The Russell Plow is making one of its firs... (more)

Southern Tier Plow Extra

The New York Susquehanna & Western, like most railroads throughout the Northeast was heavily affected by winter storm Stella. Two days after winter sto... (more)

WS-2 with the power for road train SU-99.

The last active SD40T-2 on the NYS&W is sharing space at the fuel facility with the SU99 road power, to the left.