There weren't many benefits associated with working for The Great Train Store, but being able to photograph Amtrak on lunch break wasn't bad.
A high-speed friendly wave: the engineer of this weekend-only Richmond, VA bound train must have spotted me on the platform from a distance since I got a "toot and a wave" as he passed thro... (more)
Apparently it was hot in the cab. A 1/50th pan photo of Amtrak train 190 running through Branford, CT. Canon EOS 1D Mark III, Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS USM
I don't think AEM-7s ever looked as good as when they wore Amtrak's classic "phase 3" paint. Here we see 936 making easy work of a six-car westbound Metroliner at North Elizabeth.
Amtrak 162 (northbound) crosses Four Mile River into Rocky Neck State Park, East Lyme, CT on Amtrak's NE Corridor on Christmas Day. Even if the wind and tides cooperate to backlight the train pro... (more)
Amtrak #936 gears up for the run to DC while a ConnDot commuter train bound for New Haven races by.
Amtrak regional racing towards DC. The AEM7's are now retired from Amtrak.
Regional service train #161 tears through the straight tangent of Mamaroneck NY on its way to New York City and Washington DC. The AEM7 was orginally called the Swedish Meatball due to its Swedis... (more)
A Boston-bound Regional prepares for its station stop at New Haven under an incredible maze of catenary.
Amtrak train 137 passing through Brook Interlocking.
After years of absence, electric service has become a familiar sight once again along Amtrak's Keystone Corridor. This eastbound push-pull whisks through Lancaster County on a cold winter morning.... (more)
A westbound rush hour train.
The Crescent crossing Bush River.
Can you pick out (and identify) the four Susquehanna river bridges shown in this shot of a southbound AEM7? Look closely!