Just past sunset, Amtrak's Empire Service plies the West Side Line in northern Manhattan. The line was originally constructed for freight service by the Hudson River Railroad in 1849, and extende... (more)

The suburbanites are escaping Snowmageddon New York 2015! A huge storm is predicted and here you see the start of the snow at Metro-North's 125th St. Station, New York. In the first ten minutes I ... (more)

Brand new ACS-64 #625 takes a small break in New York Penn Station while the next crew prepares it for the last section of it's shakedown run, NYP-WAS. 625 had problems at the beginning of it's ru... (more)

Spuyten Duyvil. Loosely translated from Dutch as "Devil's Whirlpool", Spuyten Duyvil is both the name of the creek connecting the Hudson River to the Harlem River and the name of the railr... (more)

With New York City yet to fully awaken, Amtrak's "Maple Leaf" quietly sneaks out of Penn Station and heads north along the eastern shore of the Hudson River.

Despite the Holidays, it's a very somber week for the residents of New York City after two of NYPDs Finest were laid to rest after being senselessly murdered just a week ago. To memorialize NYPD o... (more)

Despite the Holidays, it's a very somber week for the residents of New York City after two of NYPDs Finest were laid to rest after being senselessly murdered just a week ago. To memorialize NYPD o... (more)

A northbound/ uptown local 1 train passes the old tunnel-way where the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line & the now 42nd Street Shuttle tracks connected. Normal "through" trains used to use these trac... (more)

A northbound/ uptown local 1 train passes over the only connection between the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line & Track 4 of the 42nd Street Shuttle. Normal "through" trains used to use this track e... (more)

When a train has issues and can't move on it's own, a "rescue" locomotive is called in to pull the train to the shops for repair; just like one would call a tow truck for their disabled ... (more)

Amtrak's first bulk batch of Viewliner II baggage cars heads west through New York Penn Station Track 12 on their way to Florida for acceptance. Train consisted of Amtrak's Verteran's Unit #42, He... (more)

There are not too many places you can ride a train from the 1930s in public service. Celebrating their 10th year of the NYC Transit Nostalgia Holiday Train couldn't be better with a 8 car train of... (more)

The NYC Transit Nostalgia Holiday train arrives Rockefeller Center on its first trip of the day through the 6th Ave Subway. This marks the 10th year of the holiday train, this year running with a ... (more)

New York City Transit (NYCT) work locomotive #886 shoves a late night work train east down one of the 42nd Street Shuttle tunnels. crews would perform work the whole night towards the center of th... (more)

Metro North GP35r #102 sits quietly on Track 15 in Grand Central Terminal surrounded by some of the clutter that keeps the place going.