The train provides welcome color on an otherwise dingy winter day in 1987. An original Kodachrome slide from my collection; the photographer was not specified.

A Richard Louderback original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

Northeast Express! Northeast Regional 155, one of the many trains to travel the NEC, arrives into the 30th Street Station in Philadelphia PA, headed south to Washington, D.C.

A Walter Schopp original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

Double-slotted ACS-64s

Yard Work! A number of locomotives are congregated in Amtrak's yard at the 30th Street Station in Philly. A little after this photo was taken, some work was performed to the locomotives on... (more)

I went after this slide for the interesting pantograph study between the #601 and the #605. The former is equipped with a Brecknell-Willis model 29500A high-speed pan, the only E-60 so equipped a... (more)

The #900 was destroyed in the tragic Chase, MD., accident at 1:30pm on January 4th, 1987, along with the #903. An original Kodachrome slide from my collection; the photographer was not specified.

Amtrak Acela Express train 2253(30) wends its way out of Philadelphia's 30th Street Station as the skyline of the City of Brotherly Love looms above it.

The New York Central had 16 Lima 1200 H.P. road switchers. Two were rebuilt with EMD 1200 H.P. 12-567C engines in 1957. The 8062 and 8063 made it into the Penn Central era.

A delightful assortment of Amtrak goodness is on display in the summer of 1982. A Tim Mader original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

After waiting a few minutes for the Ashland Security Guard (who was really chill with us being there also, might I add) to show up and open the gate for the YPSP20, the 20 has come in Lite and sta... (more)

An original Kodachrome slide form my collection; the photographer was not specified.

Amtrak AEM7 #915 idles at the Race Street motor pit. This particular unit was preserved and now lives in Strasburg. A Richard Louderback original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

Arriving at 30 Street, with Philadelphia's Center City skyline as a backdrop