A CSX work project necessitated Amtrak's diversion over the Selkirk/Carman Branch from CP169 at Mohawk. The bridge is normally only used by CSX trains bound for Selkirk Yard and beyond, but is a ... (more)

The Ethan Allen Express from Rutland, VT to New York Penn is running on it's Saturday only schedule as it rolls across the impressive former New York Central 4 track bridge over Broadway in Albany... (more)

Those who frequent the Hudson Line know that almost every single train is a passenger train, and any that is locomotive powered has one engine. Here we capture the exception proving the general ru... (more)

Westbound Empire Service Train P281 flys by on track 1 while Q161 waits for them to go around.

Amtrak Empire service train P284 cruises St Johnsville, NY on there way to Amsterdam.

The westbound Maple Leaf leaves threatening skies behind as it rolls through my old stomping grounds.

Amtrak America...sort of

Amtrak's two Phase III heritage-schemed motors, P40DC #822 and P42DC #145 are on the point of the westbound Cardinal, slowing down for their station stop at ... (more)

After bringing train 63, the Maple Leaf, up from New York Penn Station, the recently repainted AMTK 704 is heading for the shop area at Rensselaer to wait for it's next assignment. The skyline of ... (more)

Action on both sides of the Hudson River as a passenger train speeds south at about 50 mph with an autorack train heading north at 40 mph towards Selkirk Yard in the background. Normally the sil... (more)

Amtrak 704 is sporting it's new phase III skin as it makes it's first trip over the Mohawk Subdivision on the Empire Service train. Remnants of New York Central's Signal Station 16 can be seen in ... (more)

Fresh out of Beech Grove, the first repainted Amtrak dual mode unit backs into the Rensselaer Shops after trailing on the inbound Lake Shore Limited from Chicago. The units have a Phase III paint ... (more)

Under the controls of a railroad veteran, legend and one of the worlds biggest penn central fans Amtrak 283 glides through Fonda at speed with its next stop at Utica.

Running 7 hours late due to Winter Storm Octavia, the southbound Amtrak Crescent quickly gets back underway after stopping for a malfunctioning crossing in downtown Oakwood. Along with the ... (more)

After the "Storm of the Century" (well, so far), Amtrak's Pere Marquette slams through a thick snowbank on an elevated curve en route to Chicago. For the video, click Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: EMD NPCU
Location: Fennville, Michigan, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 90368
Train ID: P371
Photo Date: February 02, 2011