Amtrak Empire Service train 284 kicks up the freshly fallen snow through upstate NY.

The conductor leans out the window as they prepare for an engine swap.

P32AC-DM #701, sporting Phase IIIb livery, leads Empire Service train #284 through Metro North's Dobbs Ferry Station on Veterans Day 2016.

The Ethan Allen Express makes its way from Rutland in the early morning Green Mountain mist.

An Amtrak Empire Service train passes through the open area section of A Interlocking that's a part of the Manhattan West project. This area is completely covered over today.

Talk about getting lucky with the clouds! As if planned, the sun pops out and illuminates Amtrak 281 as it zips along the old Erie Canal where mules used to tow barges to move goods. Now a doubl... (more)

A worse for wear locomotive leads a southbound Empire Service along the Hudson River through Ardsley-on-Hudson.

Heading north along the Hudson River.

A southbound morning Empire Service train passes through Cold Spring amid fall foliage.

Skirting the Hudson River, this northbound Empire Service train just passed through a tunnel and is about to pass through another when it goes under the Bear Mountain Bridge.

Empire Service train 286 races east while a couple of fellow railfans observe on Memorial Day weekend 2011.

The tinny horn was a welcome alert.

The setting sun illuminates the aluminum bodies of Amtrak’s Talgo train as it heads north past the Ferry Terminal at Steilacoom. The Cascade service has 5 of these equipment sets in service all ... (more)

Against a background of the last remaining fall colour for this year, Amtrak Empire Service train # 236 runs along the shore of Peekskill Bay on the Hudson River, heading towards New York City. In... (more)

Just dodging the first rays of light peaking over the surrounding hills, Amtrak’s Empire Service cruises south along the Hudson River towards New York City.