Dan D. in New Brunswick: Amtrak's "Dan D." Dandelion Yellow Crayola wrapped ACS-64 leads Northeast Regional no. 157 through New Brunswick on Mother's Day 2025. Note the par... (more)

Amtrak P42DC 130 in the Phase II heritage scheme leading train #157 at Wallingford.

50th Anniversary P42DC 46 pulling into Berlin with train #157.

Amtrak Northeast Regional train 157 heading to Norfolk arriving at the Berlin station.

Amtrak Northeast Regional train 157 passing through Port Chester.

A Southbound Regional for Norfolk runs through the VRE Station in Lorton, dogging the many shadows that have overtaken the tracks on a stellar October afternoon.

Photo Finish: With late word that Phase V 50th Anniversary P42 #46 was in tow on Northeast Regional Train 157, I managed to make it to Metuchen station and catch it in action with a... (more)

Amtrak Northeast Regional train #157 at Norwalk, Connecticut.

"Things Go Better with Coke"

Amtrak ACS-64 606 leads Regional train #157 westbound over Dock Bridge and into Penn Station on a milky Sunday afternoon. 606 is wrapped in... (more)

The Polar Bear in the Brainy Boro: The Coca-Cola ad-wrapped ACS-64, #606, passes Metuchen Station on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

Amtrak's Coca Cola Holiday wrapped ACS-64 leads train 157 across Portal Bridge on the Northeast Corridor. The unit was wrapped to celebrate Amtrak switching to Coca Cola products on their trains, ... (more)

Christmas Lights for the Polar Bear: The bottom of Coca-Cola ad-wrapped ACS #606, picks up the reflection of the signals on the east end of Edison Station on Sunday, December 8, 2018.

Amtrak Northeast Regional train 157 passing Metro North's Port Chester station.

The end of 2015 feels more like early spring in New Jersey, but 10 months earlier it was a very different story. There were also more AEM-7s plying the Northeast Corridor early in 2015. Here Amt... (more)