A snow storm greets the passengers of the westbound Lakeshore Limited at Amtrak's Springfield,MA station.

Amtrak 448 makes a stop at Springfield almost 3 hours late...

A grungy P42 shoves its Thanksgiving season shuttle into the station with only 200 feet to go...

An Amtrak P42 pulls into town with a shiny, new paint job and one of those new noses to go with it!!!

AMTK P42DC leads train 450 around curve next to CSX mainline as it approaches Union Station.

Train 145 approaches footbridge near Basketball Hall of Fame.

A lady conductor assists in turning the Vermonter on the wye at Springfield...

The westbound Lakeshore Limited pulls into Springfield...

Westbound Lake Shore at Front St.

P42's galore, the Vermonter to the right is about to depart for St. Albans VT. while two "shuttle" sets wait for their assignments back to New Haven.

Boston bound train, Q140 illuminates the ancient truss bridge that carries the CSX Boston Line over the Connecticut River from West Springfield to Springfield. http://rparent.fotopic.net

Amtrak trains layover at the Springfield Amtrak Station awaiting the morning commute to Hartford/New Haven, CT. http://rparent.fotopic.net

Quiet night at the Amtrak Springfield Station. These two trains would eventually take the morning commuters southbound to Hartford, CT and New Haven, CT. http://rparent.fotopic.net

Connecticut Southern pulls the red RBBB train south for its next showing in Hartford CT.

Amtrak cabcar 9650 leads todays Vermonter from St. Albans, VT to New Haven, CT. The train is seen here coming west through CP-96 on the CSX Boston Line. Once it gets to Springfield Station it will... (more)