Amtrak is working to perfect hovercar technology for 2015...or 910 is in the shop for an overhaul. Resting on jacks while her trucks are rebuilt, and new wheels installed. Hard to believe just 3 s... (more)

Soldiering on - Amtrak AEM-7 #917 roars westbound (south) through Edison ducking the position lights just ahead of the NJT station. The plume of snow in its wake is remnants of the season's first... (more)

A southbound as viewed from the former PRR South St. Station platforms in Newark, NJ.

Amtrak AEM-7 #944 leads a train southbound through Marcus Hook, PA.

AEM-7 in a Blizzard
This will probably be the last winter season for the dwindling fleet of AEM-7s on Amtrak's roster. So it was very nice to see 919 leading Northeast Regional train ... (more)

One of the last AEM-7s built (Sept 1988) trundles to a stop at E-Town with two Heritage coaches, on its way to Harrisburg. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Amtrak invested $140 Million to upg... (more)

Amtrak AEM-7AC 948 brings its train around the wye in the carrier's Ivy City Yard in Washington DC on January 22nd, 2015. This will become one of Amtrak's many "Northeast Regional" trains, which ... (more)

Amtrak AEM-7AC 948 runs out some of its last miles before retirement as it speeds train 174, one of the carrier's ubiquitous Northeast Regional trains (this one heading from Washington DC t... (more)

Amtrak's active AEM-7s are getting harder to find being replaced by the ACS-64s. AEM-7 919, tows ACS-64 647, one of its eventual replacements through Elizabeth.

A westbound Keystone Express with Heritage coaches glides by the unique Gap town clock, rounding the big 4-degree curve at 50 mph. The old PRR Main Line passes through Mine Ridge's 560' summit he... (more)

With the rapidly growing fleet of ACS-64s some AEM-7s have found (literally) a new lease on life. Seen here is MARC train 523 departing Seabrook just minutes from the Nation's Capital with a lease... (more)

Year-old No. 944 panned from Chelsea Road, northbound.

The early(er) years - an Amtrak AEM-7 in "Phase III" paint leads a southbound train out of Philadelphia, PA. Note, at the time, the pantagraph was black.

The end of 2015 feels more like early spring in New Jersey, but 10 months earlier it was a very different story. There were also more AEM-7s plying the Northeast Corridor early in 2015. Here Amt... (more)

An Amtrak AEM-7 sits outdoors on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. To the left, in front of the Museum, earlier predecessors, PRR K4 Pacific Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: ASEA AEM-7
Location: Strasburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 915
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 16, 2015