Still in pumpkin paint, this units days are numbered. All of the GP7 and GP9s Amtrak used in MOW service were sold in the early 2000s.

My first and only ride in a real F40 was just from the station to the yard, but was an experience I'll never forget. My dad often brought me out to watch or travel on trains, but this time was di... (more)

A pair of ex Army cars sat under the Broadway overpass for years on sections of isolated track that I believe were used for storage. These cars wore a unique all Phase 3 blue body with silver roo... (more)

During the summer of 1996, the 199 was used as a protect unit and was spotted in the yard with sister unit 193 in the background. Amtrak had all 8 GP40TCs (192-199) rebuilt into GP38H-3s and move... (more)

The end of the line... This dead line of F40s are some of the last to serve Amtrak, running out of Albany mostly on the Maple Leaf and also on the NEC between New Haven and Boston while the elect... (more)

Freshly rebuilt for commuter service with MBTA and waiting to be delivered; just visiting Amtrak on the way.

The 301 sits outside the shop. The rear porthole is a throwback to the E's and F's.

The Lake Shore Limited was the first train to receive Viewliner Sleepers, putting the old Heritage Slumbercoaches into retirement and 10&6 Sleepers into use as a crew car (as seen behind the two V... (more)

The Boston section of the Lake Shore Limited makes a rare move on the Hudson Line south of the Rensselaer station. After pulling south thru CP-142 after separating from the NY section, it is backi... (more)

PV Special. The WB Lake Shore Limited has been combined (449 from Boston is the first 5 cars and 49 from NYP is the rest of the train) and is just waiting for its departure time to leave. In the b... (more)

Amtrak oddballs in the shadow of NY's Capital skyline. An Amtrak California bilevel, MP15DC and a P32AC-DM gather in the small yard north of the Rensselaer Amtrak station. The P32AC-DM, AMTK 709, ... (more)

Amtrak California bilevel coach CDTX 8005, Kern River, sits in the Amtrak yard at Rensselaer after being pulled off the end of Amtrak 48 (Lake Shore Limited) on 3-9-2013. Car is suppose to be head... (more)

The Delaware & Hudson section of Amtrak's Adirondack gets ready to turn over its cars two Amtrak power outside Albany. Picture was taken lake 1976 but exact date is lost.

The Amtrak display train from the 2012 Railfest at Steamtown in Scranton arrives back at Rensselaer.

Amtrak 48 makes it's Albany-Rensselaer station stop during the middle of the second snowstorm of the last week of December. The EB/SB Lake Shore Limited has completed its split into Boston and NY ... (more)