Amtrak engine 702 leads the Empire Service Train No. 283 west as it races across Broadway kicking up some dust.

WOOSH! With cars landing in ditches on neighboring roadways, an Amtrak dual-mode diesel safely blasts an icicle-encrusted Empire Service train through the Town of Mohawk, nea... (more)

Taken from the 10th floor of the Buffalo Central Terminal we see Amtrak 281 crossing over from track 2 to the Niagara Branch while passing the remains of the old passenger platforms.

A southbound Empire Service train rolls south down the Hudson Line at Manitou, NY amongst peak fall color.

Typical Empire Service Train starts it's 2:25 Albany-Rensselaer to New York run. Compare to http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=21815 and http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=... (more)

Amtrak 283 crosses the Erie canal and passes through an AEI reader as he rolls West.

Westbound Empire Service train 285 chases the setting sun at Fairport NY. The detect has indicated the train speed to be 78 mph. It will stop in a few minutes at the Rochester station.

Empire Service Train 285 chases the fading daylight as it winds through the reverse curves west of Lyons NY.

I was taking photographs of the New Haven RR painted northbound when I heard the Amtrak blow its horn to the north. At that point, I crossed my fingers and watched the two pass at the most perfect... (more)

Amtrak 702 leading Empire Service Train 260 from Albany/Rensselaer to New York-Penn Station at Dobbs Ferry at 3:49 PM on February 15, 2005.

Departing Phoenix

Pair of "Pooches" powering the "Sunset"

Northbound Empire Service train #259 passes a tugboat pushing an oil barge up the Hudson River.