Making its station stop at New Carrollton; Washington Metro in the foreground
Shortly after Test Xtra #630 passed by, Amtrak 174 coasts off the Hell Gate Bridge blowing it's horn for the cut of freight cars on the adjacent track at the west end of CSX's Oak Point Yard.
Amtrak Northeast Regional train 174, pulled by HHP-8 651, passes through Bowie, Maryland, as it heads from Washington DC to Boston MA on August 25th, 2005. These twin-cab electric locomoti... (more)
Veterans unit on Veterans Day
Flying Meatball Train 174 passes through Edison at speed with an AEM-7AC in charge. I can't confirm the actual speed, but I believe Northeast Regional trains will hit at least 110mph ... (more)
Meeting train 205 coming south: WMATA (Washington Metro) in the foreground
Amtrak train 174 heads north on the former RF&P mainline at Powells Creek, Virginia.
It's been a number of years since the RF&P ceased to exist as a separate entity, but they still don't want you on the property...
Second northbound Regional from Richmond in the morning
Second Regional of the morning from Richmond
Amtrak's recently-added morning Richmond-Washington trip, behind "Numero Uno"
Amtrak eastbound 174 emerges from the Hudson River tunnel into a brief section of daylight before returning underground for its Penn Station stop.
The engineer from "The Colonial" (AMT train #174) watches with a railfan as a "Philadelphia Clocker" (Amt train #213) heads west behind a r/w/b GG1. Amtrak only painted seven of the GG1s in this ... (more)
