A southbound Regional bound for Norfolk and the Tidewater Region crosses the Passaic River drawbridge just outside of Newark Penn Station on a beautiful February afternoon

Amtrak Train 71, the westbound Niagara Rainbow, pauses at Buffalo Central Terminal before continuing to Detroit.

ACS-64 #662 leads Northeast Regional Train 71 past Princeton Junction Station and NJ Transit Northeast Corridor Line Train 7851 on Saturday, April 8, 2017. Note the reflection of the distant ALP-... (more)

ACS-64 #612 leads Northeast Regional #71 past Princeton Junction and bulldozer A47566 on a Saturday afternoon. The inactive Nassau Tower is visible in the background.

Amtrak 71 blasts into DAVIS interlocking doing track speed.

Northeast Regional train 71 slows for its Newark stop as the rear end of Acela train 2220 roars by at track speed.

Northeast Regional train 71 slows for its Newark stop as Acela train 2220 roars by at track speed.

Sunset is near as Regional train 71 heads south to Washington

Bear Mtn. Bridge in the background. Yellow metal hooks are designed to break off mis-aligned third rail shoes.