Trains at Night

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locomotive and its crew with lanterns at a depot

Eagle Bridge, New York - 2021
D&H crew with their Alco S2 and caboose at the Eagle Bridge station

view of engineer from a train at night

Shushan, New York - 2021
Hal comes off a siding on the Washington Branch with his number 3021

looking out of a caboose at night

Troy, New York - 2022
Looking out the back of a caboose on the Troy Industrial

two teenagers watch a passing train at a crossing

Milford, New York - 2018
Watching a freight train at night.

man standing in a rurual road watching freight train pass at night

Charlemont, Massachusetts - 2016
Watching a westbound Norfolk Southern train on the Boston & Maine

train yard viewed through a chainlink fence

Watervliet, New York - 2014
You are more likely to see a crew working out of a pickup than a caboose - they brought both for this job.

campfire on the rocky shore of a lake

Willsboro, New York - 2016
Warming up after wading out into the lake to set up a camera. Listening to the dispatcher over the radio all night long.

engineer checks paperwork in the locomotive cab

Connecticut - 2015
Thought it was going to be a long night standing along the tracks. Went for a ride instead.

standing on railroad tracks watching EOT flash

Middlefield, Massachusetts - 2018
A train slowly rolls down into the Connecticut River valley

hobo in a rail yard

Troy, New York - 2017
Cadillac back porch wax marker diary.