Amtrak acquired 12 ex Penn Central, nee New Haven, FL9s from Conrail in 1976. Over two and one half years later, Amtrak 487 was still in its MTA/Penn Central scheme. Amtrak 489 behind it was in Am... (more)

An ex Penn Central SW1500 with Conrail patching awaits its next assignment at the Croton-Harmon shops. Built for Penn Central in 1972, the switcher is a mere 7-years-old at this point, although lo... (more)

Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited No. 49 bustles across the Croton River as it approaches Harmon Yard. 49 will make several stops enroute to Chicago, including a stop in Albany where the Boston section ... (more)

Metro-North's 212 slows down for its station stop at Croton-Harmon on the Hudson Line.

Brookville BL20GHM sits outside the shop in late afternoon light.

A northbound Metro-North train arriving Croton-Harmon with a NewHaven heritage unit in the lead.

Amtrak train 48, the eastbound Lake Shore Limited, originated in Chicago the previous day. Traveling along the shore of Lake Erie much of the way (thought Ohio, a sliver of Pennsylvania an... (more)

A Penn Central freight out of Manhattan's West Side yards rolls north through the Croton-Harmon station behind a U33B/GP40 lashup.

A Conrail B23-7 departs the clutter of the Croton-Harmon yard with a Hudson Line work train on a spring morning.

Old and new rest in the yard.

On a snowless late winter afternoon, Amtrak FL9 485 leads the northbound Adirondack into Croton-Harmon station.

Given today's crowds on Metro North, it is noteworthy that in the late 1960s, commuter business on Penn Central's Hudson Line was light enough that two-car MU trains were sufficient for off-peak s... (more)

A quiet Sunday afternoon, as viewed from the westbound platform at Harmon

Diesel power backing down onto the westbound "Twentieth Century Limited" during the engine change at Harmon. The P-motor (P-2b) electric that brought the train out from Grand Central Te... (more)

Awaiting the arrival of eastbound trains needing electric motive power to continue to Grand Central Terminal