The Schenectady Railway's former Art-Deco waiting room on State Street Hill in Schenectady has been restored... The new waiting room opened in 1914.  From this location, cars would leave for Troy and Albany.  Also, FJ&G Electric Cars left from this location to return to Gloversville. Here is work being done on the Foster block of State Street.  A business from Troy called 'Sliding Dirty' has moved into the former Railway building. (PHOTO: Lori Van Buren Times Union) The new location of Sliding Dirty restaurant has opened in the former Railway location.  The owne ..read more

NARCOA's run to Tahawus North American Railcar Operators Association It's my second trip in a rail-speeder and this time we head north on the Sanford Lake Branch of The Saratoga & North Creek Railroad. The one and only Bill 'Madog' Kozel Madog's sweet former CN-Speeder The leaves are starting to change in Adirondack Park Beautiful late Summer skies and red, orange and green... Entering the yard at Tahawus.  Hopefully hoppers will sit here ready to transport tailings to market A former D&H snowplow sits exposed on the wye track at Tahawus.  A shop build ..read more

The Berkshire Scenic Railroad Museum has some great news for its Hoosac Valley Train Ride.... Where rails were torn up in the 1970's, they return in 2017!  A great lesson for all those railroads being torn up to create bike-trails.  This one-mile stretch of road will be added to 4 miles of Pan-Am Southern Trackage AND coexist with a bike trail near Adams, Mass. The green dashed line represents the track to be replaced Photos courtesy of the Hoosac Valley Train Ride... New ties waiting to be installed... Graded right-of-way paralleling the Bike-Trail... So great that t ..read more

A Fundraiser To Save Our Rails Saturday August 19th, 2017.  The Shandaken Firehouse, Shandaken, New York ..read more

New Power On The Saratoga And North Creek Railroad Our friend, Greg Klingler is sharing some photos of the new IP power on the Saratoga And North Creek Railroad... PHOTO: Greg Klingler IP 4135, EMD GP40FH-2 heads North across the Sacandaga River at Hadley/Luzerne PHOTO: Greg Klingler Heading to Thurman PHOTO: Greg Klingler Rounding the Stoney Creek curve PHOTO: Greg Klingler IP 4135 coming into North Creek PHOTO: Greg Klingler There's always room for our favorite BL2 crossing the Sacandaga Trestle... Thank ..read more

Save The Adirondack Scenic Railroad's Saranac-Placid Line and The Catskill Mountain Railroad! From The Utica Observer Dispatch http://www.uticaod.com/opinion/20170402/guest-view-saving-rails-is-no-brainer GUEST VIEW: Saving the rails is a no-brainer Posted Apr 2, 2017 at 4:00 AM By LARRY ROTH Editor’s note: This column appeared March 23 in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise. The news out of Justice Robert Main’s court has not been good for the anti-rail special interests currently huddling behind closed doors with the Department of Environmental Conservation and Departm ..read more

Here is a great history and exploration of The Central New England Railroad’s Rhinecliff Branch. This link takes you to Rich Coffey’s Rail-Exploration Blog…  http://www.vizettes.com/kt/rr/cne-rb/index.htm ..read more

 https://www.glensfallschronicle.com/hal-raven-train-maven-now-operates-one-of-his-own/?fbclid=IwAR2r0FZZYsiHOLGbS_HwpIKEu14E7NEhOMmWJ7Yk_7LPgI0bdGeJmHhk1Q0 ..read more

Stop Ripping Up New York's Historic Railroads!!!! Photo: Gino DiCarlo Photo: Gene Shatrowski These morons in New York State think it is so sheik to rip up historic rail lines.  As we speak, part of a line is being torn up in the Catskills.  We need some friends in NYS State Government so they can stop this madness.  The new stink rising from the ATF, (Adirondack-Trail-Fascists)* is some sort of punishment against Iowa Pacific for storing railcars in Adirondack Park. The ATF is looking for any area politician to get on their team in ripping ..read more

From The Adirondack Almanac….  https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2014/03/first-fulton-chain-railroad.html?fbclid=IwAR0cYM2Ae9Qp37X-JrkF2e3GuJN35A0rztQnPquHg7Tmt7EBVUMHXbHIxEM ..read more