With Amtrak retiring their fleet of AEM-7s, the only place in the Philadelphia area to see the old workhorses is on SEPTA. Here, after making a station stop at the Neshaminy Falls station, SEPTA #... (more)

A southbound Amtrak train is just out of 30th Street Station as it heads for Washington, D.C.

Meatball, Toaster, Mighty Mouse - lots of nick names for this type.

I'm pretty sure this is the last good skyline shot I took of a toaster.

I'll race you! Two southbound trains with toasters occupy two of the three tracks in Wilmington station waiting for the okay to proceed.

The fastest AEM-7? AEM-7 905 apparently goes so fast it wore most of the blue paint off the front! It's seen coming down the middle at Newark Liberty Airport on a Northeast Regional.

Natural light no longer shines here. AEM-7 950 brings a Northeast Regional out from the tubes into the light and then under Penn Station. This area is now permanently enclosed and the AEM... (more)

On the day before Thanksgiving, Amtrak's second busiest travel day of the year, veteran AEM7 939 hustles her passengers southward towards Washington, D.C.

Keystone Corridor action, 1987, with the 922 pulling four Heritage coaches up the grade out of the Chickies Creek Valley. Note the old PRR 152-lb jointed rail on both main tracks. The 922, built... (more)

On January 29, 1988, month-old SEPTA AEM7 2303 leads a Philadelphia-bound R5 express out of North Wales, Pennsylvania.

Early AEM-7 action, at one of the bottlenecks on the NEC, where three tracks narrow to two, to cross the Bush River.

In its first full month of service SEPTA AEM7 2304 pulls a Lansdale-bound train into North Wales, Pennsylvania. The Reading triangular signal and the cast-iron whistle post are now long-gone.

Consecutive Toasters Not all that long ago AEM-7s were dominant on the NEC, and two consecutive units were side-by-side in the Ivy City shops. Fast forward a few years and they're almost e... (more)

Working in MARC service for now.

Farewell...Just over a year ago, the scrapping of the first Amtrak AEM-7s commenced. With the last few active units having little time left on the road, Amtrak has announced a "Farewe... (more)