The last GWR design Castle class 4-6-0 to be built and named after its birth place, No 7037 Swindon waits to leave Swindon station with a local train for Bristol Temple Meads after a visit to the ... (more)
One of each. For a brief time, the NEC once again saw three types of Amtrak electric locomotives operating; the venerable AEM-7, HHP-8, and ACS-64, all seen here in order of newest to olde... (more)
BNSF 4723, the Microsoft Train Simulator engine, leads the Z-CHCPTL west on the BNSF Spokane Sub at Athol, ID. Here it is racing across Granite Loop Rd.
Amtrak HHP-8 #651, one of only 15 on the roster, was still in active service in 2014 and is captured here in February leading a southbound train out of Philadelphia. Amtrak retired its last HHP-8... (more)
An Amtrak Regional train creates a trail of fine mist in it's wake as a Winter's day snow storm tapers off. Captured here storming through Elizabeth station led by HHP-8 #651.
An Amtrak "Hippo" leads a Regional Express out of Trenton, NJ and over the PRR built Delaware River Bridge into Morrisville, PA. The next stop is Philadelphia, and hopefully at one poin... (more)
Amtrak Northeast Regional train 174, pulled by HHP-8 651, passes through Bowie, Maryland, as it heads from Washington DC to Boston MA on August 25th, 2005. These twin-cab electric locomoti... (more)
An Amtrak HHP-8 clears a pair of PRR signals at Levittown, PA.
All 15 8,000 HP HHP-8's have since been retired, replaced by newer ACS-64 "Cities Sprinter" units rated at 6,700 HP. A... (more)
Amtrak's southbound Crescent rolls through North Elizabeth with one of the last two remaining HHP-8 electric locomotives. The other HHP-8 is the 655. The will both soon be retired, being replaced ... (more)
Since there's only two left, I've been shooting these otherwise uninteresting units more than usual.
Note the engineer...
One of two HHPs still in service has just completed its run.
Amtrak Empire Service Train 280 rounds the bend as it approaches Bear Mountain Bridge.
An Empire Service train makes its way downstate along the Hudson River through Cold Spring as viewed from the Bear Mountain Bridge with a 300mm zoom.
