Amtrak Empire Service 284 accelerates out of Rochester, new York after completing its station stop downtown. The train is passing CSX's Goodman Street Yard where a local crew is assembling a train... (more)

On its last week of being a "combined train" Amtrak 63 (Maple Leaf) and 69 (Adirondack) roll up the west side of Manhattan on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 with P32AC-DMs 705 & 707 leading eleven car... (more)

After checking out Break Neck Ridge I moved to Cold Spring. Empire Service Train 237 has P32AC-DM 705 that needs a paint job. All the Amtrak runs witnessed at Break Neck had the new Empire Service... (more)

Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited heads north past Metro North's Scarborough station.

Northbound Adirondack at Scarborough.

And then it snowed. Snow has been in low supply in the New York Metropolitan area over the winter of 2018-2019. But on the afternoon of Wednesday, February 20, 2019, the temperatures dropped below... (more)

The premature snowfall earlier in the week is still very much in evidence as Amtrak 284 passes Bannerman's Arsenal on the afternoon of November 17, 2018. The color of those trees that have been ab... (more)

Amtrak 256 passes the NYC searchlights at 114 on the afternoon of Sunday, October 28, 2018 in Hudson, NY. While there have been substantial reductions in the amount of these signals in recent year... (more)

"TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE" How about three? Saturday Empire Service Train 250 along the Hudson River as the mist is dissipating in the early morning hours. 705 backed by P42DC 114 and P32AC-DM 710 o... (more)

Amtrak GE P32AC-DM #705 powers its way along the Park Avenue viaduct with train 69, the 'Adirondack' to Fort Edward-Glen Falls, NY. An inbound Metro-North commuter train is heading towards the Par... (more)

Amtrak P32AC-DM 705, and P42DC 114, lead Empire Service train 250 through Scarborough.

Amtrak Empire Service train 252 exits the short tunnel at Oscawana.

Amtrak Empire Service train #250 passing Metro North's Marble Hill station.