More than 150 Boy Scouts from New York and Connecticut participated in the 2006 Muscoot District Spring Camporee, hosted by the Railroad Museum of New England, operators of the Naugatuck Railroad.

Over the last few years, the Catskill Mountain railroad has experienced the most growth in their last 25 years. Now they stand poised for an even greater expansion, connecting to the Ashokan Reservoir.

Photographers gathered in Kingston, New York to visit the Catskill Mountain Railroad for their first-ever charter photo freight. The star of the show was recently repainted lightning-striped Alco RS-1 #401!

A thirteen mile shortline in the Vermont woods brought goods down from the mills to a connection with the Boston & Maine and the Central Vermont at White River Junction.

This busy shortline serves an industrial urban area long Puget Sound. Street running, portside indsutrial parks, and waterfront bridges all add to the interest of this Washington state road.

A number of my photos of rare FL9's and F10's on Metro-North's Danbury branch appeared in this excellent article by Dan Gallo, Jr.

Join us for a look at this growing HO scale college club layout. RITMRC was founded in 1996, and has been growing and expanding its activities ever since. Read all about the HO scale Rochester & Irondequoit Terminal, their proto-freelance club layout.

This upstate New York shortline operates 13 miles of the former Lehigh Valley mainline between Victor and an interchange with the Finger Lakes Railway in Shortsville. A detailed overview of the line accompanies a proposed model railroad track plan.

Selected images from my collection rounded out this gallery feature on my railroad photography. This was my first exposure to the national railfan-oriented press. Photos include Western Maryland Scenic steam, Metro-North FL9s, CSX freight, and more.

In September 2005, Berkshire Scenic Railway reactivated Housatonic RS3m 9935 for occasional use on their scenic tourist trains that operate from Lenox to Stockbridge, MA.

This railroad served Michigan's copper mines, bringing ore from the mountains to boats waiting to set sail across the Great Lakes. This steam era shortline has plenty of operating potential to keep several operators busy!

I authored a feature on Metro-North's well-executed fantrip salute to the venerable ex-New York Central ACMU cars. The fantrip covered the Hudson and Harlem Lines as well as a brief visit to the New Haven Line.

The Hardwick & Woodbury was a Vermont shortline that brought granite and marble down out of the mountains for export all over the country. A fair amount of freight traffic helps round out this quarry road.

The town of Yorktown has just completed a new book in Arcadia's "Images of America" series regarding the history of the area. The town approached me to author the chapter regarding the old New York Central Putnam Division that once served the town. You can find a copy of the book here.

I wanted to document the last days of the MBTA's Green Line Elevated line around Boston before it shut down in June to make way for another Big Dig project. My friend Josh Weis and I got up early one morning and drove to Boston to spend a day on this last vestige of elevated trolley rapid transit in Boston.

All about the vintage electric MU cars originally purchased by the New York Central in the 1960s. These venerable cars have been in continuous service on the electric commuter lines radiating from Grand Central, and now working for their fourth and final owner, Metro-North will be retiring the fleet by the end of 2004.

A lifelong resident of New York explores a small Texas town along the Union Pacific and takes note of local and regional details that make could make thes scene appealing to a model railroader like himself.

This story follows the final days of this upstart Vermont passenger service, succumbing to political pressure in the end. Photo essay and text (including an interview with the General Manager) by Otto Vondrak.

This HO model is based on a sanding facility built by Conrail to service its engines in Rochester, New York. The old sand hopper is used for sand storiage, and a simple air compressor delivers the material to the locomotives. The HO scale scene was appeared on our club layout.

Create a unique commuter locomotive using inexpensive techniques. We used a GP40 shell and an F40PH shell to create this N scale model.

Based on a series of e-mails with a friend from England who wished to model ther upstate New York shortline, I created several small designs that could fill part of a small bedroom and still keep an operator interested.

Combine the heavy schedules of the Harlem Division with the light traffic of the Putnam Division and Lake Mahopac Branch to create an interesting operating layout. This article was inspired by my childhood growing up in Katonah.

A look at the old Rochester Subway, which not only provided public transport, but also served as an interchange for all of the city's connecting railroads. This article was inspired by my years of research and interest in the railroads of Rochester.