(Video) 650 Echos Through Rockland

This video is just what it sounds like, plain and simple. Enjoy… –Harrison

Saranac Lake, NY: Things Aren’t Looking Good…

While camping in the Adirondacks, we stopped at Saranac Lake to see what was going on. The freight house was looking the same as always. The station is slowly getting worse and worse. The only track remaining was the old siding. Most of the switch was still in tact, and I was able to throw […]

Approach Clear to Heaven, Sarge

I’ve had this post in the back of my mind for a couple of weeks now, and I thought about what I would say. Now that the time has come, I have no idea what to say other than the hard truth. James F. Lafayette passed away during the evening of August 28th, 2021. Many […]

(Video) Exploring the Heart of the Maine Central, Waterville, ME!

This is a long video of mostly switching action in Waterville, plus SAPPI-4 with some awesome notch-ups. The rest of the action, including chasing NMWA and SAPPI-3 will be in part 3. -H

Visiting the Skeene Valley Railroad, Part 2

As we continue our tour, we’ll move out of the yard to the rest of the layout. The massive CK cement plant could be an entire switching layout in itself! I’m not sure if the propane area is part of the CK plant, but it certainly adds to the scene. The other large industry on […]

“Yard Raising” Today

Today’s the day that my layout will go from a shelf layout to a mostly functional, operatable layout. I’m having a “yard raising” of sorts; Gideon will be coming and we’re putting up the Plattsburgh yard from start to finish. Last night we got the last two needed supplies- foam and legs. Now when I […]

(Video) 931 Crosses Burke Road, Beekmantown, NY

Layout Update: Plattsburgh Yard, Coming Soon…

Over the weekend, Gideon and I have been preparing to build Plattsburgh yard. This will allow small operating sessions to begin, and will mark the completion of the “first stage” of the layout. I’ll keep you posted. The plan is for Gideon and me to build the benchwork on Wednesday, after I spend a fortune […]

Live Stream, 7 PM at R’s Trains!

Hey everyone! I’ll be on Corey’s “Sunday Runday Live” at 7 PM Eastern. Joining us will be our good friend Carter aka TrainStorm/Pere Marquette Productions. It’s sure to be a good time! -H

Railfanning To Whitehall, Part 2: Amtrak and CP Southbounds

After 930, we circled back up to Ryder Road in Whitehall for two more southbounds: Amtrak 292, the Ethan Allen, and CP 252, which was working Whitehall. Amtrak 292 passed a few minutes after noon, with P32AC-DM 701 on point. A good half hour after Amtrak passed (why did it take 252 two hours to work […]

Railfanning to Whitehall, Part 1: Chasing a Pan Am Dash 8 on the D&H?!

On August 14th, we headed south to Whitehall specifically to visit Jim Lafayette. The other objective? Catch up to and chase CP train 252 along the way. As I’m sure you’ve figured by this time, my railfanning plans seldom work out, but fortunately, we had something better than 252 in store…

Delaware & Hudson Freight House- Whitehall, NY

This past weekend I was in Whitehall visiting Jim Lafayette, as well as catching a few trains. This time I had a moment to grab a couple photos of the old D&H freight house. We had no time to spare getting to Jim’s, as 252 took much longer than expected to depart Whitehall. I will […]

D&H 7303

The following is an excerpt from the May 2021 Bulletin: The D&H received twelve GP38-2s from the Lehigh Valley in 1976 as part of the formation of Conrail. Formerly LV No. 314-325, these became D&H No. 7314-7325. Originally all of these units were painted in the famous “Lightning Stripe” scheme, although some were later repainted […]