Having dropped off its' interchange assignment, Buffalo Southern RS-18u skeedaddles. BSOR i/c's with NY&LE at Gowanda and NY&LE employs an M420W to i/c with Class 1s CSX, NS, CP and regional BPR... (more)
This ALCO S1 is as old as Mick Jagger. Both are still working. Once upon a time it served Staten Island Rapid Transit. I wonder if when sent north, the crew was told--She's very happy up in the... (more)
Street running at Painted Post.
Adirondack Scenic Railroad's Utica-Thendara train makes it's first trip north of the season crossing the Moose River.
Essing into Painted Post under Route 17.
Heading to Painted Post, these two ALCOs smoke up the grade. It is always a treat for me to see ALCOs running in revenue service. New York state has the distinction of having the most operating ... (more)
The Northbound LA&L freight crosses Papermill Road in the last rays of morning sun as a storm front moves in. The sun was blocked by the clouds no more than 30 seconds after the train passed.
The engineer on OL-4 delights the many fans at the Andover Pond by getting his Alcos to put out a little smoke.
My wife Trudy, and our beagle Penny, watch as OL-4 heads West thru Wellsville. The beautiful old Catholic Church stands in the background.
WNYP local ME-100 puts out a plume of "ALCO dust", as it accelerates westbound through Falconer.
A view of a locomotive we rarely get to see. If the locomotive was moving, never want to see. WNYP's pit has M636 #637 atop, awaiting traction motor replacement.
A look inside WNYP's new work shed. 637 will be getting traction motors replaced. Thanks to the WNYP for their hospitality.
It's off to work they go, just as the Livonia Avon & Lakeville has since 1965.