Amtrak's "Silver Meteor" is running about three hours late today, allowing for the better shot of the old ACL depot downtown which serves Amtrak next to SunRail's Orlando Health platform... (more)
We take the GE a little more seriously now that Chargers have essentially replaced them, even better when a special one shows up.
Chargers are on! Like someone threw a switch the Chargers have taken charge of the Silver Service the Meteor seen at Palatka.
While the new Chargers are daily sights elsewhere on Amtrak trains, this is the first pair to lead without assistance in Florida, seen on the northbound run from Miami.
Southbound Meteor. Amtrak P42DC no. 152 (GE Genesis, 1992-2001) and SC-44 no. 336 (Siemens Charger, 2016-present) are the power on train 97(22), the southbound Silver M... (more)
AMTK 146 and AMTK 196 accelerates as it leads the Federal Railroad Administration car DOTX 221 and the Silver Meteor south through Folkston, Georgia.
Amtrak 98 sails east into Newark, Delaware with a long distance consist in tow.
#108 was the "hold out" on special Amtrak units to visit in Silver Service....and has now been in & out of Florida three times in a week. The paint variant will soon become more frequen... (more)
Speeding through the station in Edison NJ is Amtrak train 98, the northbound (well, here on the Northeast Corridor, eastbound) Silver Meteor (Miami FL to New York NY) which, obviously, does... (more)
Amtrak's "Silver Meteor" sprints through Princeton Junction, NJ, under a maze of new improved catenary supports. The train, originating in New York, is bound for Miami.
Amtrak's Silver Meteor roars through Levittown, PA en route to Miami, FL.
The southbound Silver Meteor makes its daily stop at Winter Park, Florida with its scenic park and fountains.
...or is it St. John's River Bridge? The debate continues, as they call it by both. At any rate, it's almost impossible to get a locomotive of this class leading here, so you celebrate in the ov... (more)
The Silver Meteor, reinstated this past October departs Palatka. The next stop is Deland about an hour down the line.
The Silver Meteor blasts through rural Putnam County.
