Two Metro-North diesels meet near the Pleasant Ridge Road crossing in Wingdale, New York.
 
Left: An Alaska Railroad train bound for Fairbanks rounds the bend north of Nenana at sunset. Right: A Genesis pushes southbound on the Danbury Branch, kicking up leaves after departing Cannondale.
The only non-railroad photo to make the top 10, New York’s skyline as seen from the opposite side of the river in New Jersey.
 
 
Left: An M7 heads toward Manhattan, as seen from the Bronx. Center: A new BNSF locomotive gets some finishing touches at the GE plant in Fort Worth, Texas. Right: An M3 in rush hour service on a foggy fall morning.
A Port Jefferson train pushing west toward Huntington makes a station stop at St. James at sunset.
 
Left: An M7 on the Hudson Line, just south of Scarborough station. Right: A Thanksgiving morning Wassaic shuttle passes Towners, where the old Maybrook Line crossed over the Harlem.
Not all of my favorite photos made the cut, however. Here are some of my favorites from the year:
A PATCO train is a mere streak of light as it crosses the Ben Franklin Bridge into New Jersey.
 
Left: A photoshop edit of one of the Danbury Railway Museum’s steamers, imagining it as if it were operable. Right: A sunset in Brooklyn, from the platform of the Marcy Avenue subway station.
One of my first good photos taken with my drone camera – an aerial view of a train crossing the Moodna Viaduct.
 
Left: A sunset at Amtrak’s Hell Gate Bridge. Right: One of my favorite people shots of the year, Maria working the Upper Harlem Line at Tenmile River.
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Thank you all for a wonderful 2014!