A hippo with a string of solid bi levels.
One of Amtrak's 15 HHP-8's, #654, rounds the bend at Prospect park dipping under a set of PRR position lights in an attempt to make Wilmington, DE by sunset. As of the date of this post, all of A... (more)
An Amtrak Regional train creates a trail of fine mist in it's wake as a Winter's day snow storm tapers off. Captured here storming through Elizabeth station led by HHP-8 #651.
During the powdery blizzard of 2014, Amtrak's HHP-8's were the motive power of choice, thanks to their better designed air intakes system over the AEM-7's. Here, AMTK #653 is seen leading a Regio... (more)
An Amtrak "Hippo" leads a Regional Express out of Trenton, NJ and over the PRR built Delaware River Bridge into Morrisville, PA. The next stop is Philadelphia, and hopefully at one poin... (more)
The Ivy City facility in Washington DC is owned by Amtrak, but is also used by the Maryland Area Regional Commuter system, better known as MARC. Amtrak retired their last Bombardier-Alstom HHP-8 ... (more)
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)
An Amtrak HHP-8 clears a pair of PRR signals at Levittown, PA.
All 15 8,000 HP HHP-8's have since been retired, replaced by newer ACS-64 "Cities Sprinter" units rated at 6,700 HP. A... (more)
An Amtrak HHP-8 glides through the S-curve at Elizabeth, NJ in the midst of Winter snow storm. Now long gone, the HHP's were the engine of choice during the Winter storms of 2014 in that their de... (more)
Passing thru snowy Princeton on the way to sunny Florida
655 rests with train after another jaunt along the NEC.
An HHP leads a Northeast Regional through the lift bridge at Newark. Dock Tower is seen to the left of the bridge.
Amtrak's southbound Crescent rolls through North Elizabeth with one of the last two remaining HHP-8 electric locomotives. The other HHP-8 is the 655. The will both soon be retired, being replaced ... (more)
Since there's only two left, I've been shooting these otherwise uninteresting units more than usual.
Note the engineer...