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)

Amtrak engine 1 has lead the EB Lake Shore (48) into Rensselaer where it has stopped at CP-144 to split into its Boston (448) and New York (48) sections. Amtrak 1 and 168 lead the Boston cars towa... (more)

AMTRAK HERITAGE. The Adirondack pulls down thru the approach to the Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak station with the Phase III dome behind the power. Amtrak 40th Anniversary Display Car 10094 sits in the... (more)

The 197 waits for some work outside of the Albany Rennselaer shops. Only 8 GP40TCs were ever built, and all 8 survive as GP38H-3s on Amtrak's roster as of the day of uploading.

316 undergoes some work in the Albany shops. This F40, along with about 10 others will remain the last F40s in active duty (on trains 63 and 64) until 2003 and the P40/42s take over completely.

The WB Lake Shore has completed combining its Boston and New York sections and, at 6:54pm, waits for its scheduled 7:05pm departure time. In the background is the Albany-Rensselaer station, the 9t... (more)

Just 5 days into Amtrak's 41st year, the 40th Anniversary Display Train arrives at Rensselaer. Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited hauled the train from Toledo, OH to Rensselaer, NY in advance of it's fin... (more)