The afternoon rain storm continued as CN 5701 & BCOL 4651 pull the B781 over the crest of the Rotterdam Hill at Auto-36 climbing out of the Mohawk River Valley and starting the descent down the br... (more)

The bright orange of BNSF 6506 shined in the afternoon light leading the G107 through Rotterdam seen approaching Burdeck St. at CP-FG/SH

Almost blocked by the I159, oil train number 1, CSXT B741 rolls at restricted speed through the working limits at 33.6 seen passing over Burdeck St. with NS 4618 leading the way.

Two Thunder Cab UP ACe's pull CSXT M368 into the late morning sun rounding out of the curve approaching Burdeck St.

Like a scene from the Northwest, a Red Tail Hawk flys over as BNSF 6506 with a rear DPU pull the G107 loaded grain train through the Town of Rotterdam rounding the curve at Burdeck Street.

While grabbing shots of the RJED at East Glenville, the 11R came out from behind and started crusing south, finally caught up here at the Princetown Rd. overpass.

Five months into Conrail, an unpatched lashup of a Penn Central GP38 and an F7 swing through South Schenectady NY, bound for Selkirk Yard. F-units were uncommon here by this time.

A recent NS Progress Rail rebuild leads a 62 car Montreal to Binghamton mixed freight up the grade out of the Mohawk Valley at the Princetown Rd. overpass in South Schenectady. The 1808 is trailed... (more)

A westbound Delaware & Hudson freight headed up by a quartet of GP39-2s was about to duck under Conrail's Selkirk Branch at South Schenectady, NY. The first and last units are D&H natives while th... (more)

The hard work is behind them for now as a trio of Delaware & Hudson Century 628s that have brought their train over Richmondville Hill drop down through South Schenectady, NY, on a fall morning. T... (more)

A six-unit GE/Alco lashup comprised of four U23Bs and two RS11s begins the climb out of the Mohawk Valley with a westbound Delaware & Hudson freight at South Schenectady, NY.

Brake shoe smoke mixes with misty rain as a northbound Delaware & Hudson freight drops downgrade through South Schenectady, NY, on its way to the B&M connection at Mechanicville behind a U30C/U30C... (more)

A fairly unusual lashup of an old E8 and a new SDP40F heads up Amtrak's eastbound Lake Shore Limited at South Schenectady, NY, during the period when passenger trains approaching Albany from the w... (more)

Amtrak Empire Service train 283 rolls WB on what is normally CSX freight only trackage. Due to reconstruction of the Amtrak Hudson Line connection at CP-169, 4 Amtrak trains detoured over the Selk... (more)

An Illinois Central unit leads an empty ethanol WB past the Price Chopper grocery store warehouse. The area to the left is an industrial park and behind Price Chopper is the Railex facility where ... (more)