A southbound Amtrak Regional Express races past a Bristol Township row of homes in Pennsylvania on an elevated fill.
This part of the line, like many built by the once mighty PRR, was elevated ... (more)
The hippo and the toaster.
A typical Tuesday in Wilmington: Amtrak Northeast Regional train 186(10) rolls in on track two for station work, while SEPTA train 9242 awaits to follow from track one with a consist of Silverline... (more)
Amtrak Train 163 is westbound through Waterford.
1 Diesel, 3 Electrics. A P42 heads past a sample of three types of Amtrak electric locomotives; the venerable AEM-7, HHP-8, and ACS-64.
One of each. For a brief time, the NEC once again saw three types of Amtrak electric locomotives operating; the venerable AEM-7, HHP-8, and ACS-64, all seen here in order of newest to olde... (more)
Amtrak HHP-8 #651, one of only 15 on the roster, was still in active service in 2014 and is captured here in February leading a southbound train out of Philadelphia. Amtrak retired its last HHP-8... (more)
An Amtrak Regional train creates a trail of fine mist in it's wake as a Winter's day snow storm tapers off. Captured here storming through Elizabeth station led by HHP-8 #651.
An Amtrak "Hippo" leads a Regional Express out of Trenton, NJ and over the PRR built Delaware River Bridge into Morrisville, PA. The next stop is Philadelphia, and hopefully at one poin... (more)
Amtrak Northeast Regional train 174, pulled by HHP-8 651, passes through Bowie, Maryland, as it heads from Washington DC to Boston MA on August 25th, 2005. These twin-cab electric locomoti... (more)
An Amtrak HHP-8 clears a pair of PRR signals at Levittown, PA.
All 15 8,000 HP HHP-8's have since been retired, replaced by newer ACS-64 "Cities Sprinter" units rated at 6,700 HP. A... (more)
Since there's only two left, I've been shooting these otherwise uninteresting units more than usual.
Note the engineer...
One of two HHPs still in service has just completed its run.
No, it's not "always sunny in Philadelphia", but a more perfect day one could not ask for on Sunday, September 22nd. Here, one of Amtrak's 15 HHP-8's departs Philadelphia under skies any Simpsons... (more)
