Found this Paducah rebuild working M of W. Hoped to find good weather before the vacationers came out. Struck out on the weather in the Northeast. As usual. Rumor is the sun does shine there... (more)

CTrail in RI. When CTrail Hartford Line service began on June 16, 2018, Connecticut DOT leased 16 MBB built coaches from MBTA to supplement their existing fleet of 33 Mafersa cars. As Shore... (more)

A Penn Central Alco RS3 works the yard at Providence RI as the suns last rays break through the storm clouds near sunset in May 1976

Amtrak's station in the capital city of Rhode Island was still displaying the circa 2000 Acela branding on the ticket office back wall. It has since been changed to standard Amtrak branding.

Amtrak's station in the capital city of Rhode Island is in a convenient downtown location. The State House is in the background.

"Rudolph Runs the Santa Express"

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer poses for a photo after bringing the 2022 "Santa Express" into Providence, Rohde Island on Amtra... (more)

Providence & Worcester local PR-3 is seen crossing Terminal Street on the Harbor Junction Running Track headed into the Port of Providence with four cars and the usual split set of GP38s.

Providence & Worcester local PR-3 is seen passing through the Shell tank farm on the Harbor Junction Running Track headed into the Port of Providence with four cars and the usual split set of GP38... (more)

Providence and Worcester local PR3 waits at the Port of Providence. The train is about to proceed into the facility for a lumber pickup.

It’s just after 12:30pm on Tuesday, June 27th as P&W 2006, one of two GP38-2s bracketing today’s PR-3 wobbles east down the degrading Providence Journal spur to retrieve a trio of empty paper ... (more)

Amtrak Alco RS3 # 116 rests at the terminal in Providence RI in the summer of 1978. these are former Penn Central units

Providence & Worcester RR GP38-3s 2011 & 2010 work train PR-3, switching the Motiva Enterprises ethanol terminal on the Harbor Junction Running Track at South Providence, RI on December 2, 2009.

With the Rhode Island state capitol in the background, the engineer of a southbound Amtrak train looks back over the platform during the stop at Providence, RI. In 1986 the tracks through downtown... (more)

Old School Providence Railroading

Another morning I should have been asleep but instead did a little shooting.

On the drive home from Boston this particlar AM I pass... (more)

Still 4 years away from retirement, the AEM-7 was still the backbone of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor on one of the many regional trains.