Amtrak NPCU 90219 departs out of Milwaukee with a eastbound Hiawatha, passing under the old cantilever at KK Bridge.
The "Satellite unit," or modified NPCU #90225 for the Good Morning America live broadcast train that ran for a week in 2008 sits outside of shops in Rensselaer. This unit was later put ... (more)
A Downeaster train passes through Lawrence on its way to Boston. Many old mill buildings in Lawrence survive and have been repurposed. While it is a stop for MBTA commuter trains, Amtrak simply pa... (more)
A southbound Downeaster is about to leave Maine and enter New Hampshire as it crosses the Salmon Falls River.
On an unseasonably warm November night, Amtrak's Pere Marquette waits for it's 6:00 AM departure. The Vernon J. Ehlers Station is just over a year old and a vast improvement over the old depot.
Amtrak developed their non-powered Control Units (NPCUs) by removing the prime mover, main alternator, and traction motors from surplus F40 locomotives. The control stand was left in place, as wer... (more)
Amtrak train #507 pulls into Vancouver, Washington with its usual talgo set in haul.
As the day comes to an end at Willamette Falls, an Amtrak Cascades races down the Brooklyn Subdivision alongside the Willamette River headed for Eugene.
The Lake Shore Limited consist pulls up through the yard between other equipment.
Amtrak Phase V NPCU #90229 (formerly F40PH #229) leads the Comet Car set of San Joaquin train #712 out of the Martinez Amtrak station.
Dodging The Cars. One of the Downeaster pool's NPCUs brings up the markers of Amtrak 689 as it rolls above Inner Belt Road in Somerville, Mass., maybe two miles out of North ... (more)
In 2012 I was still able to catch three different paint schemes in one shot, excluding heritage units.
The rear end of an NPCU in fresh Phase IV... mmmmhmmmm.
