Freshly turned wheelsets glitter on the floor of Conrail's Hollidaysburg shops during a Conrail Technical Society tour.
It's 1 AM as two ConnDOT F7s and a GP38 painted to honor the New Haven RR wait in the old New Haven shops until needed for their next Shore Line East commuter runs. Even though the New Haven neve... (more)
The westbound Boston section of Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited crosses a reservoir in Ashland, just west of Framingham. Full disclosure: I'm no fan of the Genesis units, but here the boxy side of th... (more)
During the so-called Blizzard of '96 in New England, Amtrak 175 (westbound) scores a point for the "all-weather mode" as it crosses the Niantic River drawbridge (Nan). An offshore breeze is keepi... (more)
How many of us remember that Amtrak operated F7s into the 90s? Not their own, of course. But Amtrak was (and is) the operator for Shore Line East, the Connecticut DOT New Haven - Old Saybrook - N... (more)
Amtrak eastbound 174 emerges from the Hudson River tunnel into a brief section of daylight before returning underground for its Penn Station stop.
The 2002 eastbound Montana by Steam excursion, shown here a few miles east of Garrison, MT, is on leg 2 (Missoula-Bozeman) of a three day trip across western Montana. Former SP&S 700 and MRL F45 ... (more)
The still-bright warbonnets say "Santa Fe", but the 10 mixed business cars at the other end give this away as a post-merger image. While my other shots here that day look a little flat, the cloud... (more)
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)