A few new units in the group... Two new gensets still awaiting testing for service as well as the 605 in the back ground, returning from the AAR test center in Pueblo.
AMTK 190 leaves the temporary Denver Station platform and heads to Chicago.
The 946 gets a favorable signal to proceed into the station and be added to a morning departure, while an HHP waits its turn at the next signal bridge. Photo taken on RR property with permission ... (more)
The 653 and 912 sit outside of the shops in DC. Photo taken on RR property with permission.
#11 heads out to the pit while the AEM-7 waits for for it to get out of the way so it can be added to take its train under the rest of the way to New York under the wires. Photo taken on RR prope... (more)
K Tower in Washington is akin to an air traffic control tower, with hundreds of moves being directed each shift. I "stole" this composition idea from fellow RP contributor Jim Johnston. Photo ta... (more)
Various Amtrak power, including a new Genset, sits in the yard in Chicago.
Amtrak P32 500 backs out of the yard and towards Union Station. This will eventually become the eastbound Pere Marquette.
A yard crew shoves a Northeast Regional into Union Station from the yard. Trains are brought to the yard to be wyed (turned) and serviced. Photo taken on RR property with permission.
This Acela heads up over the hill and into the shop for a checkup. Photo taken on RR property with permission.
Washington Terminal is home to a fleet of small Amtrak yard switchers such as this one. Photo taken on RR property with permission.
A Northeast Regional pulls into Washington and goes over the diamond. Photo taken on RR property with permission.
The 918 with the Crescent in tow waits at a stop signal to let this hot shot Acela out in front.
The Exhibit Train and Veterans unit hitch a ride into DC on the Capitol Limited as it rolls past venerable K Tower.
Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited from Chicago has entered third rail electric territory and is stopped at the signal bridge just north of Croton-Harmon station to allow the F40 to uncouple and pull for... (more)
