Amtrak 280 plows through some crossing banks at Ferry Road, Stuyvesant, NY.

Manhattan Bound - Nothing else is running, but Amtrak is...albeit an hour late. Train 280 makes its daily trek from Niagara Falls, NY to New York City. 122 miles left to go.

About to enter the tunnel underneath Anthony's Nose, the east side of the Bear Mountain bridge. Note the residue of the steam era on the cut behind the last car.

Westbound Amtrak No. 33, the "Shenandoah," was crossing the Potomac River from Magnolia, WV and into Maryland on Sept. 11, 1977, led by "Pooch" No. 714. During this time period, P30CHs seemed to ... (more)

The SB Ethan Allen departs Saratoga Station on its trip from Rutland, VT to New York City. Train and foreground show left overs from the areas first snowfall of the season. Of note in this shot is... (more)

Only a few minutes behind the advertised, Amtrak's Adirondack rolls into Albany-Rensselaer Station just ahead of a system which would bring rain later that day. In the distance stands the ... (more)

I wished I would have kept notes in these early days so I would have a better idea of what is depicted and where. But to the best of my knowledge this is the Sunset Limited passing a semaphore eas... (more)

Amtrak 714 eases into Jacksonville with the Auto Train. Love those domes!

With TrainFestival over, we return to you to your regularly-scheduled railfanning. Here the northbound "Adirondack" pulls into Hudson, about 40 minutes late.

Amtrak 281 heads west towards Buffalo at track speed, the green is for Q140 which would pass less than a minute later.

AMTRAK #714 Train 286 SB with the NY Central's Hickory Creek Pullman observation car trailing- back on its home rails -Yonkers, NY. Train was carrying attendees from the annual NY Central Histori... (more)

A Pacific Railroad Society special operating from Los Angeles to Yuma, Arizona, and return is seen here on the eastbound trip out of L.A. as it makes a stop at Pomona. The power for this train co... (more)

A Pacific Railroad Society special operating from Los Angeles to Yuma, Arizona, and return is seen here on the eastbound leg of the trip as it stops in Pomona. The power is a GE P30CH and EMD F40... (more)

Amtrak 283 races through CP 335 in Lyons in the golden afternoon sun, crossing over to track two due to a track circuit on track one.

A rather healthy looking Lake Shore Limited goes north...the P32AC-DM sounded like it was working hard to keep the 11 car train up to speed...