Amtrak Empire Service rounding the bend with a fresh Phase III dual mode. The Empire Corridor is the only place in the Amtrak system that you can regularly see Phase III locomotives.
On the morning of August 22nd, Amtrak P32AC-DM 709 leads Empire Service train 280 as it speeds south on the Hudson Line in Rhinecliff, New York. The Hudson Line is one of the last bastions for New... (more)
On a gloomy August morning, Amtrak train 260, an Albany - New York Penn "Empire Service" train splits the MP 99 automatic signals in Tivoli, NY on Amtrak's Hudson Line. Modernization is ... (more)
With summer afternoon thunderheads building behind the Buffalo skyline, Amtrak Empire Service 281 heads north towards Niagara Falls. P32AC-DM 712 is in the lead, wearing the Phase III Empire Servi... (more)