PV Special. The WB Lake Shore Limited has been combined (449 from Boston is the first 5 cars and 49 from NYP is the rest of the train) and is just waiting for its departure time to leave. In the b... (more)

Amtrak oddballs in the shadow of NY's Capital skyline. An Amtrak California bilevel, MP15DC and a P32AC-DM gather in the small yard north of the Rensselaer Amtrak station. The P32AC-DM, AMTK 709, ... (more)

Amtrak California bilevel coach CDTX 8005, Kern River, sits in the Amtrak yard at Rensselaer after being pulled off the end of Amtrak 48 (Lake Shore Limited) on 3-9-2013. Car is suppose to be head... (more)

The Delaware & Hudson section of Amtrak's Adirondack gets ready to turn over its cars two Amtrak power outside Albany. Picture was taken lake 1976 but exact date is lost.

The Amtrak display train from the 2012 Railfest at Steamtown in Scranton arrives back at Rensselaer.

Amtrak 48 makes it's Albany-Rensselaer station stop during the middle of the second snowstorm of the last week of December. The EB/SB Lake Shore Limited has completed its split into Boston and NY ... (more)

Last sunlight of 2012. Catching literally the last rays of sun at 3:38pm, the Troy local returns from working Troy with 2 empties from Interstate Commodities. Train is passing the old NYC milepost... (more)

Making a very rare appearance SOUTH of the Rensselaer station (on the upper right), VIA Park Series Dome Observation Evangeline Park brings up the rear of a VIA equipped Adirondack. These cars are... (more)

After the 822 and 43 brought VIA cars down from Montreal on November 18th, these units start out Monday morning by pulling the cars down into the station during a switching move. The cars will be ... (more)

VIA Park Series Dome Observation Tweedsmuir Park poses in front of the Abany skyline for likely the first time ever during a backup move on Monday morning. This is its second day of a short term l... (more)

Two "oddball" Amtrak engines, the 822 heritage and "white logo" 43 pull the first set of VIA cars down into the Amtrak station for head room during a switching move on Monday morning. The consist ... (more)

Early Monday morning finds the 12 leased VIA cars parked on 2 tracks at the Amtrak Albany-Rensselaer yard between the station and shops. The cars came down from Montreal on Sunday, arriving Rensse... (more)

A pair of brand new Turboliners, not yet in revenue service, bracket the "pointless arrow" on the SDP40F that's the outbound power for the evening's Lake Shore Limited.

The Adirondack catches last light as it rolls thru CP-144 with the Ocean View dome. The Amtrak Rensselaer Shops are on the left and the Albany-Rensselaer station is just ahead of the train. These ... (more)

Adding the dome and changing crews. After arriving at Rensselaer, the dual mode P32 has cut off and the Ocean View full dome and P42 are being backed onto the Adirondack for the run to Montreal. ... (more)