Amtrak 284 is lead by P42DC #119 through Mohawk, New York in early April. These trains are usually led by a P32, which are necessary for third rail pickup in New York City.

A Different Mohawk River Crossing. On Sunday, April 24, 2016, a CSX work project necessitated Amtrak's diversion over the Selkirk/Carman Branch from CP169 at Mohawk. This bridge is normally... (more)

Amtrak train 48, the "Lakeshore Limited" flys past CSX train Q560 as it is working the east end of Goodman Street yard in Rochester, NY.

Amtrak train 48 the "Lakeshore Limited" leans into the curve in Fairport, NY with a trio of GE P42DC's leading on a November morning.

The Empire Service heads East (Niagara Falls NY to Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station) on a cold sunny morning.

The Amtrak 50th Anniversary engine leads the Niagara Falls to New York City Empire Service train 284 EB through New York's Mohawk Valley.

The Lake Shore Limited heads East for the Syracuse Station on an extremely cold morning. The former abutment is reported to be a relic of the old Highway 690? (dated 1902 on the stone and probab... (more)

Amtrak 281 speeds away from Rochester, New York behind P32AC-DM 711 after making its station stop downtown. The train has passed under the R&S Belt Line bridge is about to cross over the Erie Cana... (more)

825 leads two P42s on the head end of the Lake Shore Limited at the East Syracuse station.

They don't get any newer than this! Three brand spanking new P42s (131, 132 and 133) being delivered from Erie were picked up at Niagara Falls, NY and added to the front of this Empire Service tra... (more)

The Phase IV era of Amtrak isn't one I documented terribly well, and isn't the most common to see in general. It was a rather difficult find to get a solid Phase IV consist, and it was the tail en... (more)

Amtrak train 48, the "Lakeshore Limited" approaches its station stop in Rochester, NY as it passes under the Rochester & Southern's Belt Line bridge at MP 374 on the Rochester Sub.

Amtrak 281 has just crossed Exchange Street and is about to pass under Louisiana Street as it slows for its station stop at the Buffalo Exchange Street Station. The piles of ties along the tracks ... (more)

Snow and smoke fill the air behind Amtrak's Lakeshore Limited as it cruises past CSX's Frontier Yard in Buffalo, New York with just a few miles to go before a station stop in Depew.