The scrapper does their thing, reducing these once mighty former Amtrak electrics into bits and pieces to be recycled.

Locomotive Graveyard. This was a wild scene not many get to witness. It reminded me of the part in Lion King where Simba and Nala wander off to the elephant grave yard. Carcasses of locom... (more)

TOAST! These former Amtrak AEM-7s were seen at the scrap yard, having been reduced into massive hunks of metal before being turned into razor blades.

In the spring of 2000, I was on a class trip in which we visited Union Station to eat dinner. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to take some snapshots of one of Amtrak's busiest terminals. A... (more)

On the afternoon of May 21, 1993, an Amfleet-equipped passenger train powered Amtrak AEM-7 electric locomotive No. 931 approaches Elizabeth, New Jersey, headed west (south) on Amtrak’s Northeast... (more)

Crew members make final preparation on the Martina McBride charter train prior to its cross-country journey.

The Farewell at Wilimington. On June 18, 2016, the "Amtrak Farewell To The AEM-7" trip included a shop tour in Wilmington, DE. As the two engine/nine car train backed into the facility, ... (more)

A pair of Maryland Area Regional Commuter electric locomotives were getting prepped for afternoon runs at the Amtrak/MARC engine facility in Ivy City, Washington DC, on January 22, 2015. Marc 490... (more)

Being serviced in Amtrak’s Ivy City locomotive shop are AMTK AEM-7ACs 908 and 943. Built in 1980 and 1982, these two electric locomotives are nearing the end of their service on Amtrak, and wil... (more)

A pair of Amtrak AEM-7s hum southbound with a passenger train past the platforms of the station at Elizabeth, New Jersey, on the afternoon of May 21, 1993.