Before the revival that began in the late 1970s, many off-peak Chicago commuter trains were rather modest affairs. A Burlington E8 that had became the property of Burlington Northern five months e... (more)

From 1898 until the terminal's major reconstruction in the mid-1980s, banks of lower quadrant semaphores protected the approaches to Boston's South Station. Penn Central E8 4268 led a Providence-b... (more)

The evening rush hour is underway as an ex-PRR E8 accelerates a Providence-bound Penn Central commuter train out of South Station past Boston Terminal Tower 1. This area is completely changed toda... (more)

On a spring afternoon, a set of Metro North's M-2 class MUs rattles the Wepawaug River bridge at Milford, CT, while en route from New Haven to Grand Central terminal.

One of the twelve Budd SPV-2000s purchased by the Connecticut DOT for Amtrak Hartford line service but later relegated to commuter duties approaches the mainline junction at Devon, CT, while runni... (more)

When the Connecticut Department of Transportation purchased 12 Budd SPV-2000s for Amtrak Hartford line service in 1980, it also acquired a 13th car, CDOT 50, for use on Metro North's Waterbury and... (more)

Given today's crowds on Metro North, it is noteworthy that in the late 1960s, commuter business on Penn Central's Hudson Line was light enough that two-car MU trains were sufficient for off-peak s... (more)

Dover Plains, NY, still had the look of a country branchline station in 1982, when it marked the northern end of commuter service on Metro North's Harlem Line. Leased Amtrak RDC 43 laid over there... (more)

A six-car set of Metro North M-2 class MUs that includes one of the fondly remembered New Haven Line bar cars pulls into the station at South Norwalk, CT, on an evening commuter run from Grand Cen... (more)

A pair of MBTA FP-10s enjoy their weekend layover at the Lowell, MA, station. The 1114 still wears its original "Easter egg" colors while the 1108 has received the newer maroon and silver scheme. ... (more)

An evening rush hour MBTA commuter train just out of Boston's South Station crosses the massive triple bascule bridge over Fort Point Channel behind F40PH 1015. The bridge was constructed along wi... (more)

Penn Central was a year old in June 1969 but this scene at Poughkeepsie carried on the New York Central heritage. E8s 4066-4093 have arrived from Croton-Harmon on a commuter train out of Grand Cen... (more)

At first glance this is just another M-1 class Budd MU at North White Plains, but the DOT logo on the nose and the vents behind the cab indicate that it is one of the eight prototype dual power ga... (more)

A set of Metro North M2 class MUs bound from New Haven to Grand Central approaches the Bridgeport, CT, station, traveling on the viaduct built by the New Haven RR in the early 20th century. The tr... (more)

These motors are GE Center Cabs, 1200 hp, only 3 units were built in 1950. A Roger Puta Photograph