Winding Down The "Metro-North Commuter Railroad" Scheme. Nine years ago today on April 14, 2016, MNCW GP35r 101 (née-Reading 3641, GP35, EMD, 8/1964) was assigned to tow a "... (more)

Overview of Rebuilding. The more than 130 year-old Park Avenue Viaduct around the MTA Metro-North Railroad Harlem-125 Street Station in New York, New York, is undergoing a multi-year rebuil... (more)

"Remington Rescue"

On the afternoon of March 10th, 2025, the Metro-North Railroad "NHS-1", with EMD GP35r 101, tows disabled Amtrak Regional train 172 through east... (more)

Blue Standard Cabs At Blue Hour. On the evening of February 22, 2025, fully 50% of the EMD built GP35r locomotives owned by MTA Metro-North Railroad are present at the Croton Harmon Locomot... (more)

Dropping In Garrison. On Thursday, October 10, 2024, a pair of MTA Metro-North Railroad EMD GP35r locomotives, MNCW 106 and 104, were pulling a train of continuously welded rail on Track 1 ... (more)

"Diesel by a Diesel Towing a Diesel @ NHV"

On the night of November 24th, 2024, the Metro-North Railroad train 5559, with EMD GP35r 101, tows a disabled diesel trainset out ... (more)

"Racing the Rail Train at Cold Spring"

On October 10th, 2024, Metro-North Railroad Extra 106, towing a loaded rail train, and a Grand Central bound train race south towards ... (more)

Pre-Dawn AMMO. The AMMO (AM MOtt Haven) switch crew heads to their usual place at MO with GP-35r MNCW 101 before dawn on the morning of Friday, December 6, 2024. This veteran EMD was built ... (more)

"HTS Move by the Plant"

On the afternoon of November 15th, 2024, Metro-North Railroad EMD GP35r 104 leads an HTS equipment move south down the Hudson Line, passing the Glenw... (more)

Metro-North GP35r 103 tows a train back to Croton-Harmon from Poughkeepsie.

Standard Cab Meet At Nabisco. On the afternoon of September 22, 2022, MTA Metro-North Railroad GP35r MNCW 107 (née-SOO 728, GP35, 5/1965, EMD) was pulling a train of Continuously Welded Ra... (more)

"Like a Good Neighbor, Metro-North is There"

On the night of July 31st, 2024, Metro-North EMD GP35r 102 stands by as crews prepare Amtrak Acela 2193 for towing after the trainset enco... (more)

"S Car Shuttle"

During the late night of July 16th, 2024, Metro-North Extra 102, led by EMD GP35r 102, arrives at Stamford Station on the New Haven Line, shuttling three Kawasaki M8 '... (more)

Metro Trio. On the night of July 19, 2013, a three-pack of MTA Metro-North Railroad locomotives sits in the Marble Hill, New York, New York station at night. The pair of GP35r MNCW 103 and ... (more)

One Of Everything. The scene in front of the MTA Metro-North Railroad Locomotive Shop at Croton Harmon on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 9, 2024 included an example of every locomotive that... (more)