Amtrak's 2nd to be painted "Heritage" unit crosses over the Mohawk River just seconds away from its stop at Schenectady station with eventual arrival at Albany/Rensselaer. The following day #156 w... (more)

On the tracks of Phoebe Snow. The special equipment move for display at Steamtown's Railfest, lead by the Phase I heritage and AMTK 406, is about to duck under the NY Rt 7 overpass as it accelerat... (more)

Amtrak meets John Deere. The Amtrak equipment move from Albany-Rensselaer to Scranton via Syracuse and the NYSW rolls into Binghamton for a crew change. This train has 5 Amtrak cars and 4 private ... (more)

In a special gathering, for which I wish to thank Amtrak, Pan Am, Vermont Rail System, Montreal Maine & Atlantic and the New England Central for working with me to make happen, Amtrak's Vermonter ... (more)

Amtrak 156 and 406 lead 5 Amtrak cars and 4 private cars NB on the D&H at the Rt 28 overpass just north of Oneonta. Train is returning from display at Railfest in Scranton and has charter passenge... (more)

Amtrak 156 across the Kingsley Viaduct on its way Steamtown for railfest

Here you see Amtrak 156 making her way through Steamtown's 1860's era restoration shop on Shop Track 9. The train will continue through the shop, then the roundhouse and over the turntable to get ... (more)

The Amtrak Special that came down the NYSW from Syracuse stops at the South end of the old Bevier Street yard before continuing on to Scranton, PA.

A brief spot of sun shines on AMTK 156 in the Heritage Scheme before it leaves Denver's Union Station under otherwise generally stormy conditions.

Amtrak Phase I Heritage 156 leads the Capitol Limited westbound over Interstate 81 in Martinsburg, WV.

The Capitol Limited with a bloody nose heads west on track 2 past Brunswick MD for Cumberland and beyond.

A Wild Ride! Chasing the PRS special was a wild ride, especially on the way to Cliff. My friend and drove the back roads of Tehachapi and just after it rains, it's a slip and slide all th... (more)

After spending the 4th of July in Spencer, NC during the 30th Anniversary celebration of Norfolk Southern, Amtrak's Phase I 'Bloody Nose' P42DC leads the westbound Cardinal by the Chesapeake & Ohi... (more)

Rolling along the ex Rio Grande, engineer and RP contributor Tom Magazin has Amtrak's Phase 1 heritage locomotive up to track spped leading the California Zephyr.

It was a nice sight, as the "Pointless Arrow" Amtrak heritage unit (Phase I) came rolling around the corner in Biggsville. This is Amtrak #5, the outbound California Zephyr, about 25 miles from it... (more)