In its very final months of service, AMTK 908 leads a westbound Keystone train to Harrisburg through New Brunswick.

Being serviced in Amtrak’s Ivy City locomotive shop are AMTK AEM-7ACs 908 and 943. Built in 1980 and 1982, these two electric locomotives are nearing the end of their service on Amtrak, and wil... (more)

AEM-7AC 908 leads Amtrak 98, the Silver Meteor, east through Edison, NJ. The consist includes a heritage baggage and dining car. Along with the AEM-7, those items are now a thing of the past on ... (more)

On display during the "Farewell to the AEM-7" excursion at Amtrak's Wilmington, Delaware shops

A Roger Puta Photograph

Amtrak AEM-7 #908 soldiers through another day captured here in Linden, NJ at last light ducking a signal bridge while en route to Newark, NJ and points north.

Three AEM-7s in this shot; the middle one is hard to see.

Amtrak AEM-7 908 roars south through Prospect Park, PA with train 19, the Crescent. She might be old and nearing retirement, but this old motor can still move!

Wilmington

Rounding the bend before entering the BWI station, one of the white Star strobes is captured blinking on this "toaster" (one of the nicknames given to this locomotive for its aesthetic similarity ... (more)

A "no-name" AEM-7AC races the southbound Crescent towards DC where it will be swapped out for a duo of diesels.

Amtrak's 40th Anniversary Exhibit Train Tour came to a close at Grand Central Terminal on National Train Day. The next day the consist was ferried to Philadelphia on train 43, the Pennsylvanian.

An Amtrak AEM-7 digs in to the super elevated curve at Claymont, DE en route to Wilmington, DE. Long gone are the wood ties, jointed rail and even the classic PRR station as seen in Don Oltmann's... (more)

AEM-7 #908 charges south on the NEC past the surviving former PRR Sharon Hill depot which is currently undergoing restoration.

At 6:00 PM on December 26th, Amtrak posted an alert on its website that all Boston-New York rail service had been cancelled due to the blizzard pounding the Northeast. Earlier that day, though, t... (more)