With 40th Anniversary-painted P42DC #145 leading 50th Anniversary-painted P42DC #46 for power, Amtrak Train 448 -- the Albany-Rensselaer to Boston section of the Lake Shore Limited -- heads east o... (more)

Amtrak train 48, the eastbound Lake Shore Limited, arrived at the Albany-Rensselaer Station and got split in two, with train 48 continuing to New York City and this section, now train 448, ... (more)

Amtrak's Lakeshore Limited passes the LS&MS bracket signal at CP 37 as it heads east through Dunkirk. Replacement signals are starting to be put in place so the days are numbered for these signals... (more)

The first support for the new signal bridge is now in place at CP 39 in Dunkirk as Amtrak's Lakeshore Limited passes under the NYC bridge currently guarding the interlocking on the Fourth of July.... (more)

Amtrak's Phase IV heritage unit leads AMTK 2 on the Boston Section of the EB Lake Shore Limited. Historically this track was the west end of the original Boston & Albany mainline. It has been pass... (more)

Governor Tommy G. Thompson. The only P42 that was ever named after a person.

Dead In The Water. Amtrak 448 sits on Main 2 in Worcester, dead in the water after a locomotive failure. The crew and passengers continued on to Boston on an MBTA train, and rescue... (more)

On yet another cold and snowy day in the Northeast, the Boston section of the Lake Shore Limited rolls EB and into the building Nor'easter at 4:00pm. This is a winter shortened version of 448 that... (more)

EB/WB Lake Shore meet at Rensselaer. Amtrak 1 leads a late EB Lake Shore Limited- Boston Section into the Albany-Rensselaer station. In the upper left background, the WB Lake Shore Limited- Boston... (more)

Collect All Six. AMTK 184 was painted into Heritage colors in early 2011. Even though it has passed here at least twice before, it managed to elude my camera until now. Here it le... (more)

The Amtrak Phase II heritage rolls down the Post Road on the Boston bound Lake Shore Limited as it approaches the junction with the CSX Berkshire Sub.

Late Trains Get Later. They say late trains only get later, which worked in my favor when Amtrak's Veterans tribute unit made its first New England appearance. The train got into s... (more)

The Boston section of the Lake Shore Limited makes a rare move on the Hudson Line south of the Rensselaer station. After pulling south thru CP-142 after separating from the NY section, it is backi... (more)

April Fool! Amtrak 822 showed up on the point of the Lake Shore Limited just before darkness fell, negating the planning for a night shot I had done that afternoon at work wh... (more)

The Amtrak Phase III heritage is the sole power on this EB Lake Shore Limited (Boston Section) after the lead unit was dropped in Buffalo earlier in the day to assist the Maple Leaf. In spite of d... (more)