Amtrak Northeast Regional 175 powers through Attleboro with ACS-64 #605 on the point as they begin their long journey to Washington DC.

The recently rerouted Vermonter crosses the classic stone bridge over the Fall River on a cold Saturday afternoon. The bridge is on the former Boston & Maine Conn River Line that hosted the Amtrak... (more)

Amtrak F40s, 210 and 323 stand at Springfield in 1999.

Running over two hours late Amtrak 449 has a heritage unit leading as it blasts through fresh snow in Palmer, MA.

Westbound 449, The Lake Shore Limited, skirts the Quaboag River and the classic Warren Pumps mill at West Warren, Massachusetts.

Amtrak's "Honoring Our Veterans" P42 #42 leads the Amtrak Lake Shore train #449-17 through West Warren, Massachusetts on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon.

Amtrak 156 throttles up to make up time as it is 19 minutes late out of Amherst MA

This Amtrak E8 eventually became the PRR 5898 on the Blue Mountain and Reading. It was one of the last active Amtrak E units on the old New Haven Shoreline Route.

"She'll be coming 'round the mountain we comes" is what I kept singing when I took this picture of the Vermonter approaching Amherst Station.

This location has so appealed to me that I have sought to capture it in every season. This will add fall to my existing collection of Summer and Winter. Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Miller's Falls, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 171
Train ID: Amtrak 54 "The Vermonter"
Photo Date: October 23, 2011

Amtrak's southbound Downeaster train 686 is seen crossing the Merrimack River in Haverhill, MA with the 'Cabbage' control unit 90220 on Monday, October 10. Many more photos at http://steelwheelsph... (more)

High speed mainline varnish with GP9s, they said it could not be done. When Penn Central took over New Haven operations the passenger power (FL9s0 were sent to third rail country leaving the shore... (more)

A passenger gets redirected back to the station after getting off Shuttle 464 in Springfield. You can also see the 40th anniversary train in the background.