MEC 3403 leads RJ-1 as it waits for RJED to clear up in the yard before proceeding with Schenectady International Chemical Plant & water tower as a backdrop.

GATX Owned, Pan Am Railways, MEC 3403 leads B&E EDRJ solo power sitting outside Schenectady International chemical plant on the Rotterdam main waiting to enter RJ Yard.

Just 2 days before the Berkshire & Eastern startup on the former Pan Am west end, ST District 3, Pan Am trains RJ-1 and EDRJ sit tied down in Scotia, NY while Rotterdam Yard is completely plugged.

Just 2 days before the Berkshire & Eastern startup on the former Pan Am west end, ST District 3, Pan Am trains RJ-1 and EDRJ sit tied down in Scotia, NY while Rotterdam Yard is completely plugged.

MEC SD40-2 3403 which is the lead locomotive for RJ-1 sits next to the CSX geometry train in Rotterdam Junction. RJ-1 would head down to the Scotia Industrial Park, where they would set out two un... (more)

Pan Am Railways 3402 sits tied down in the yard with a BNSF GEVO that came off of G102.

A rare occurrence, MEC 3402, 3404 and 3405 head to tail waiting there next assignment back east to Deerfield.

The RJ-1 Saturday crew pulls up the CSXT interchange beside parked power on a warm October day at Rotterdam Yard. The MEC 3405 has been a frequent visitor to the west end.

A rare sight on the Rotterdam Branch these days as a former SD45-2 MEC 3405 leads MEC 7561 by Vley Road at MP07 as the RJ-1 crew heads west with the EDRJ freight to Rotterdam Junction Yard on a wa... (more)

Pan Am local “RJ-1” approaches Vley Road Crossing at the stone MP-7 marker on the Rotterdam Branch behind the Scotia DPW on a warm afternoon. The crew is heading west for Rotterdam Yard with t... (more)

MEC 7518 slowly pulls RJ-1 onto the Pan Am main to Rotterdam Junction shortly behind the D45 at CPF-477 passing a RR loader parked by the tracks.

A collection of former Cheesie war wagons works at the Junction on a snowy March day.

Change of the guard at Rotterdam Jct.

Due to the original crew outlawing earlier the previous evening, Pan Am's RJ-1 makes a very rare night move at 02:10 with Vermont Rail System interchange past the gorgeous restored station at Nort... (more)

On the second day of spring, snow and cold still linger strong as is sometimes the case when winter is stubborn to let go. Local RJ-1 rumbles northward out of Hoosick Junction with a handful of c... (more)