Due to construction at New York City’s Penn Station, Amtrak’s trains operating through the Hudson River Valley have to detour on the Metro-North Railroad to get to Grand Central Terminal. Bec... (more)

The endless blandness of of a snowless winter. Amtrak 239 (P32AC-DM 702, Phase III) passes under several of the bridges over the Empire Corridor on the afternoon of Wednesday, March 13, 2019. A la... (more)

That million dollar view. As Amtrak 237-21 comes around the bend approaching the Dobbs Ferry Station on the afternoon of February 21, 2019, the sun is sinking in the sky. The Manhattan skyline in ... (more)

Vanishing heritage. If you thought that the former NYC signal bridge near MP30 in Scarborough, NY on the Hudson Line would be gone before the last of the old Tappan Zee Bridge, pay your bookie bec... (more)

Get your photos now construction is winding down for Amtrak’s Empire Connection and bridge work for the Spuyten Duyvil bridge. The summer track work has Amtrak running into Grand Central Termina... (more)

Amtrak 710 (P32AC-DM) leads train 63 (Maple Leaf) northbound through the Mott Haven section of the Bronx, NY on Sunday, July 1, 2018.

A different kind of leader. Due to safety requirements in the tunnels on the approach to Grand Central Terminal, car must have egress points from all four directions in order to run on all tracks.... (more)

Amtrak 707 leads Empire Service train 260 through the station at Tarrytown.

Maybe not the power you wanted, but the power you need. A variety of factors contributed to Amtrak 114 (P42DC) leading Train 283 on Thursday, March 8, 2018. Normally Amtrak trains are powered excl... (more)

Empire Service train 238 southbound at Ossining.