The state-funded Bay State was Amtrak's "inland route" train between Boston and Washington via Worcester, Springfield, and Hartford. The lingering winter snow was giving way to the early spring su... (more)

Even the most common sights in railroading, like an Amtrak F40 with a string of Amcoaches, eventually become history. This Northeast Corridor train was speeding south through Sharon, MA, near the ... (more)

Two of the twelve Budd SPV-2000s purchased by the Connecticut DOT for Amtrak Springfield-New Haven service get underway out of Springfield station. Due to chronic mechanical problems these second-... (more)

During its first summer of seasonal operation, Amtrak's New York-Hyannis Cape Codder comes off the lift bridge that spans the Cape Cod Canal at Buzzards Bay, MA, behind one of Amtrak's original gr... (more)

HHP-8 663 sits in South Station late at night with a Northeast Regional consist awaiting assignment for the morning commute.

On a crisp winter afternoon, Amtrak F40PH 211 and the standard NEC Amfleet consist rattles the 1892 station at Canton Junction, MA, with a southbound train out of Boston. The scene is very differe... (more)

One of the five ex-PRR E8s that Amtrak rebuilt with HEP capability for use on Northeast Corridor Amfleet consists leads two-car train 153, the Beacon Hill, out of South Station. This was a Boston-... (more)

Westbound Lake Shore Limited Boston section arrives at Springfield. The platforms are being rebuilt as part of a project to restore Springfield Union Station to service. The building closed in 197... (more)

155 leads the Lakeshore Limited into Worcester.

The end of January was looking more like the end of March with no snow on the ground, and not a cloud in the sky as this P449 flies down the straightaway into the setting sun

Amtrak P42DC #181 and 104 lead train #55, The Vermonter, over the Deerfield River at Greenfield, MA 1/28/16.

The sky opened up just in time for this one, right as train 137 rounded the corner. Led by their Siemens ACS-64 #604, 137 makes some noise for railfans as they make their videos for YouTube.

Saturday drew railfans from all over the Mid-Atlantic to Western Massachusetts. Amtrak's annual Autumn Express ran from Albany to East Deerfield via North Adams and the famous Hoosac Tunnel. It ha... (more)

Amtrak operated its annual Autumn Express train this year from Albany, New York to East Deerfield, Massachusetts and return with Amtrak P42DC 145 and P40DC 822 leading an 11-car train over trackag... (more)