Racing south along with rush hour traffic a nicely matched set of Amfleet "airliners on wheels" is keeping up and perhaps gaining a little. Hey, I used to own one of those Nissan 510s!
Corridor Cousins. NJ Transit ALP-46A no. 4646 (Bombardier, 2009-2011) and Amtrak ACS-64 no. 659 (Siemens Cities Sprinter, 2012-2016) are seen racing down the Northeast Corridor t... (more)
Power Move. A trio of Amtrak locomotives are seen making their way south near LANE interlocking on the Northeast Corridor. Included in the consist are GP15D no.s 574 and 578, and GP38 n... (more)
Phase VII Phase In: At long last, the "blue wave" era has begun to draw to a close with the appearance of P42DC 174. Recently refurbished at Beech Grove, this classic Genesis was repainted ... (more)
In one of the many swags on this line a train is unloading new 136# rail to replace the old 132# stuff. Quite a noisy racket.
High above the Shasta Valley, the northbound Coast Starlight crosses Dry Canyon in summer 1994. An Amtrak engineer once told me that if the signals were all green and the train was making track sp... (more)
Running slightly behind schedule, a pair of P42's hustle Amtrak's Lakeshore Limited east out of Rochester, New York after completing their station stop. With fresh snow on the ground, the train ro... (more)
"Conveying Retirement"
As the sunlight fades away on February 3rd, 2024, Amtrak MP15DC 537 sits coupled to a cut of retired MFS-40 Conveyor Hopper cars at Cedar Hill Yard in... (more)
Amtrak ACS-64 622 leads Boston-bound train 170 down track 2 on Metro-North's New Haven Line in West Haven.
The California Zephyr exits Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado as it heads through fresh snow on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
Light snow is falling as the California Zephyr 5 train heads west through Tolland and is about to enter the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel.
In heavy snowfall, Acela 2159 rounds Armstrong Curve on Metro-North's New Haven Line in West Haven.
Light snow is falling as the California Zephyr runs through Rainbow Cut at Plainview, Colorado.
Heavy snow is falling at Plainview, Colorado as the California Zephyr heads towards Tunnel #2 on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
The California Zephyr whips up the snow as it runs through Tolland, Colorado on its way to the Moffat Tunnel.