New York Railroads

New York 
Night Trains
Photographs by Tom Trencansky

Trains run both day and night and it can be very enjoyable to be out in the evening, or early morning to capture some night trains on film.  Night photography allows a photographer to create images that might not be possible during the daytime.  The views below are simply a collection of some of my favorite night photographs.  Each has more of a story to tell although we don't have the space to print it!  They represent several very enjoyable evenings trackside.


UP 4121 night Elmira NY 7-6-00 (300).jpg (41229 bytes)  Finger Lakes 1701 night Martisco NY 5-25-97 (300).jpg (38017 bytes)  Arcade & Attica 18 nightview Arcade NY 8-18-90 (300tt).jpg (33769 bytes)  MN FL9 2042 Elmira NY 11-30-92 (300).jpg (39530 bytes)

Ithaca station night-cars NY 5-12-92 (300).jpg (32506 bytes)  NY&LE 1013 night Gowanda NY 5-19-90 (300tt).jpg (40223 bytes)  NYS&W 142 night Cortland NY 5-2-92 (300tt).jpg (38973 bytes)  NYS&W 3000 shop-night Binghamton NY 7-1-89 (300).jpg (39035 bytes)

1. Railfans have to eat and while visiting a nearby train show, we photographed the 
old style McDonald Restaurant in Lackawanna, NY.  [9-15-84]

2. UP EMD#4121 is brand new and in transit at Elmira, NY. [7-6-00]

3. Finger Lakes GP9 at the Martisco Station [NY], owned by the Central NY Chapter, NRHS. [5-25-97]

4. My kids were small when they waded into the Arcade, NY creek as Arcade & Attica's 
steam locomotive #18 posed on the bridge for this night view. [8-18-90]

5. Metro North FL9 2042 had just been rebuilt and in transit at Elmira, NY. [11-30-92]

6. The old Lehigh Valley train station had survived as a restaurant for many years.  This evening it would serve as a great prop for this Cornell Chapter, NRHS night meeting.  Neat old cars!  [5-12-92]

7. NYLE&W's C425 is posed for a postcard view at the railroad's Gowanda station. [5-19-90]

8. Cortland Corset company is in the backdrop as NYS&W's 2-8-2 #142 slumbers through 
a warm night near the Cortland, NY train station.  [5-2-92]

9. NYS&W ALCO and EMD locomotives share space in the D&H shop building, Binghamton, NY. [7-1-89]

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New York Railroads  Updated 12/4/05tt