Pulling into BWI on a summer evening.
The beginning of the end... The well known open area between the tubes and Penn Station will be forever enclosed as work progresses that will result in two towers (residential and commercial) ere... (more)
Amtrak's Boston to Richmond train 93 is running late as it zips through North Elizabeth.
An Amtrak Keystone Service train scoots south.
AEM-7 928 passes Gwynn Tower in southwest Baltimore in 1995.
An Amtrak Keystone Service train zips past Elizabeth.
The old Union RR sign has survived many decades, tucked against a catenary pole. The other side of this sign says "Pennsylvania RR," and I'd guess it was the boundary between the two roads, but am... (more)
Pulling out of Baltimore.
A Washington D.C. bound passenger train speeds past the closed tower at Landover on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.
A southbound Northeast Regional passes under the Guilford Ave overpass as a MW crew prepares to work. Photo taken on RR property with permission.
A New York bound Keystone Service train has an AEM-7 pushing from the rear. The Harrisburg to New York Keystone Service trains reverse direction at 30th Street in Philadelphia, thus requiring a lo... (more)
Arriving in Wilmington
Amtrak train #667, a Keystone Service train heading from New York City to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, speeds through Paradise, PA, late in the day on September 28th, 2013. Thirty-two year ol... (more)
Amtrak's train #656, one of the many Keystone Service trains, departs Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on the "advertised" at 5:35 pm on September 25th, 2013. In four and a half hours, this train... (more)
Wilmington
Rolling into town.
A Washington D.C. bound passenger train kicks up snow as it rolls south through Glenn Dale on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.
A Northeast Direct train sails through the interlocking at the Metuchen station.
The 906 has a fresh coat of Phase IV paint. Photo taken on RR property with permission.
The 939 sits in the shop as light streams in through a vent in the roof. Photo taken on RR property with permission.
The 946 gets a favorable signal to proceed into the station and be added to a morning departure, while an HHP waits its turn at the next signal bridge. Photo taken on RR property with permission ... (more)
AEM-7 2307 leads Paoli express west out of Suburban Station tunnel portal.
The days of the Amtrak AEM-7 are numbered as they are now testing the ACS-64 which will replace the AEM-7.
The 3:15AM departure is prepared for its early morning trip up the corridor as the engineer tests the bell and strobe lights on this AEM-7AC.
A Northeast Regional pulls into Washington and goes over the diamond. Photo taken on RR property with permission.
It's around 3AM, and this AEM-7AC has been added to a Northeast Regional consist. The train has been worked up by the mechanical team and will be ready to head up the road.
The Crescent departs Washington DC after having a duo of P42s swapped for this AEM-7 to bring it up the corridor.
From an opposing HHP8, an AEM-7 is seen in the shop. Photo taken with permission.
It's around 3AM, all is quiet, and train 150 (right) sits along side a sister regional train. This train is the first departure of the day out of Washington. The Terminal takes on an entirely di... (more)
The Vermonter rests in Union Station after discharging all passengers before being brought to the yard.
The outbound power for train 66 makes its way into the station past K Tower. The white strobes on this AEM-7 make an interesting dotted pattern in this time exposure.
Ever seen a ghost AEM-7? Photo taken on RR property with permission.
The Phase IV scheme really enhanced the foreign looks of these meatballs. Photo taken on RR property with permission.
Double-slotted AEM-7s
A southbound Northeast Regional races through Princeton Junction at 125 MPH on Track 3, while NJ Transit train 3937 rolls into the station on Track 4, led by Bombardier Multilevel cab 7020.
An Amtrak AEM-7 brings a triplet of Viewliners within it's 11 car consist over the Bush River Bridge in Maryland.
An AEM-7 rests before being added to another train to head back north.
A pair of speed makers is split by AEM-7 #907 doing every bit of 105 mph through Croydon, PA.
A pair of "toasters" charge over the Susquehanna River Bridge making Perryville by 6:15 AM.
After completing another stroll down the NEC, this AEM-7AC briefly pauses before being taken to the yard to be prepared to head back north.
Rounding the bend before entering the BWI station, one of the white Star strobes is captured blinking on this "toaster" (one of the nicknames given to this locomotive for its aesthetic similarity ... (more)
A white strobe is caught blinking on this DC traction meatball (nicknamed after Swedish meatballs due to the locomotive's Swedish design) as it pulls into BWI.
For having over 3 million miles, this loco looks awesome!
Amish buggy in the barn at the right, as Amtrak's Keystone service heads east
An Amtrak AEM-7 leads a westbound train along the Keystone Route through Coatesville, PA trailing a double rainbow in it's wake.
Amtrak AEM-7's No. 909 and No. 951 idle outside the Ivy City locomotive complex for servicing. The high mileage, though reliable and distinctive AEM-7's are some of the most well documented locomo... (more)
The corn is high this year, due to abundant rain
On a cold evening in Aberdeen, Amtrak 904 approaches with a typical regional. Soon, the AEM-7's will meet the same fate as the E60's. Get your pictures while possible...
A mix of power is on hand with six different varieties in one shot, along with some ExpressTrak Reefers and MOW equipment.
Ready for duty in Sunnyside yard.
A quartet of Amtrak's veteran AEM-7 locomotives bask in the afternoon humidity outside of the Ivy City locomotive complex along the Northeast Corridor. The AEM-7's, which have provided reliable se... (more)
Built by Electro-Motive Division in 1981 for Amtrak, AEM-7 No. 932 rests in the Ivy City locomotive complex undergoing maintenance. Assigned to passenger service along the Northeast Corridor betwe... (more)
A veteran Amtrak AEM-7 undergoes maintenance in the electric shops of the elaborate Ivy City complex operated by Amtrak. The Ivy City locomotive shops handle repairs to much of the Northeast Corri... (more)
AMTK 947 awaits in the Amtrak Ivy City Locomotive Shops. Photo taken with permission and proper safety attire.
A string of 4 AEM-7s sit under the pantograph at the Amtrak maintenance facility in Ivy City.
A well worn veteran of the NorthEast corridor gets some attention at the Amtrak Ivy city maintenance facility.
An Amtrak critter holds on Track 8 while America's fastest train, the Acela Express, streaks out of Boston South Station on the adjacent Track 7 for NYC's Penn Station.
Three hours late. Amtrak train 97, the southbound Silver Meteor, is only 33 miles from its origin point of New York City, but is already three and a half hours late as it flies past ... (more)
A Northeast Regional rounds the bend prior to entering BWI.
Meeting train 205 coming south: WMATA (Washington Metro) in the foreground
The Amtrak P-811 Track Laying Machine "Blue Team" is tied down on track 4 over the Raritan River Viaduct during rush hour on a Friday evening. As of this date, new concrete ties are in place betw... (more)
An eastbound Keystone Service train pulls into the Downingtown station as passengers wait to board.
An AEM-7AC sits with a bunch of ballast hoppers in Penn Coach Yard.
Three AEM-7s are seen in for some work.
Northeast Regional train 175 arrives into the Old Saybrook station for it's regularly scheduled station stop.
This busy scene provides concrete proof of Amtrak's ongoing tie replacement project on the Northeast Corridor in New Jersey. NS 3031 and 3029 are tied down on the out-of-service track 4 with a lo... (more)
Northeast Regional train 137 glides into the station stop in Old Saybrook. The train will have one speed restriction between Old Saybrook and next stop, New Haven.
Slowing for its BWI station stop
A funeral train with the earthly remains of late Senator Frank R. Lautenberg blew a whistle salute passing through BWI on the way to DC. The inspection lights are illuminated on the 10001 as it b... (more)
Good advice on a bridge plate which spans track 4 at Edison Station on the Northeast Corridor as an evening rush-hour westbound Keystone Service for Harrisburg races through Edison on track 2. Tr... (more)
AC/DC - not the band, just two different traction powered Toasters.
Two DC meatballs in for some TLC.
The view out this DC meatball reveals Amtrak's only SW1 and the 156.
The highest numbered AEM-7 is in for a tune up.
Winter didn't want to quit just yet, so I took advantage of the opportunity to catch snow covered toasters.
A few weeks later I'd capture the same train with the same power type at this exact location, but in blizzard like conditions.
Train #19, "The Crescent", is southbound on the NEC at Aberdeen, MD.
A Star 200BC White Strobe is caught flashing on this AEM-7AC... These strobes were once a distinguishing and common feature of Amtrak road power, but are now only found on their AEM-7s. So with ... (more)
193 has the green to head south to Washington, DC
A Northeast Regional rolls into BWI with an AC AEM-7. All of Amtrak's current electric power will soon be replaced with the new ACS-64 locomotives now rolling off the assembly line.
The northbound Crescent is led by a veteran locomotive whose days are numbered.
An early running Silver Meteor knocks off the last few miles of its journey through Pennsylvania as it flashes through the Croydon station.
A Keystone "motor" comes to a stop under the walkway and by the platform of the 1929 built Pennsy station at Lancaster, PA.... (more)
I always seem to have better luck with trains then weather these days. From the very start, I knew exactly how a recent visit to Princeton junction would Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: ASEA AEM-7Location: West Windsor, New Jersey, USALocomotive #: AMTK 947Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: April, 2013
A Northeast Direct train races past the mid-century Pennsylvania Railroad structure in Odenton, Maryland.
A double header of MARC AEM-7s head north out of Washington Union Station
With its old pantograph removed (and sitting in the left foreground), Amtrak AEM7 909 is resting before having its pantograph replaced by the hard-working shop crew at Wilmington. With the AEM7's ... (more)
A set of AEM-7AC motors propel a Northeast Regional train down the former PRR corridor line through Metropark at speed after a storm.
An Amtrak AEM7 and some HHP-8's are in the shop for inspection, including MARC HHP-8 4910. To the far right is AMTK GP38H-3 524. Photo taken with supervision and permission.
