F40 291 is in the "turbo shops" at Albany-Rensselaer for some work. Photo taken with permission.

P32AC-DM class leader, #700 thaws out inside the "turbo shops." A recently started locomotive produced a nice smokey effect. Photo taken with permission.

A brand new F59PHI is delivered from Super Steel and spends a short while inside the "turbo shops" in Albany before going west. Note the wheels and truck in the foreground are for a Turboliner. ... (more)

Captured in the blink of an eye, Acela Express #2012 flies through Princeton Junction station at 9:49 PM towards New York City, the last scheduled Acela of the night.

Princeton Junction, seen ... (more)

Something wicked this way came!

Traveling at over 150 mph, an Acela Express leaves nothing but it's streak and a series of blue sparks dancing on the unimproved catenary wire whi... (more)

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)

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)

Despite lack of wires or full Amtrak/Government support, Boston had fast 100 MPH plus train service to New York in the seventies. Number 51 is crossing the curved high bridge just north of the Ci... (more)

With the Fall colors doing their stuff, Amtrak turbo unit No 151 exits Oscawana tunnel with the New York bound "New Amsterdam".

An airplane without wings is flying through Attleboro. These United Technology turbo trains gave a noisy ride but were the first new American passenger train innovation is some time. I took a rou... (more)

Turbo unit 151 forms the southbound "Bear Mountain" near Montrose. NY.

Amtrak 68, the SB Adirondack, is taking the connector from CPF-485 on the Canadian Pacific to the Conrail Chicago Line as EB train CP 310 holds on the CP main for Amtrak to clear. The time is appr... (more)

Amtrak power car 66 leads a six car RTG turbo eastward through Rondout. If a set was out of service (generally crossing damage to a power car) the intermediate cars would occasionally be cut into... (more)

Amtrak 303 loads passengers in the late afternoon at Joliet Union Depot. In short order the "tin-worm" will depart for St. Louis with only a whiff of kerosene exhaust to mark its passage.

St. Louis-bound Amtrak #307 passes the old GM&O station at Wilmington, IL. The old structure still retained its semaphore train order boards.