The westbound Niagara Rainbow departs Buffalo for Detroit on Labor Day weekend, 1978. In five months, the train would be cut back to terminate in Niagara Falls.

There are actually 3 tracks here on the Hudson Line just south of the Rensselaer station. But an over night snow, combined with drifts from high winds, has buried all the tracks on this usually bu... (more)

Oscawana Park - Shortly after departing northward from Croton-Harmon an Empire Service train approaches the first of many tunnels along the eastern shores of the Hudson River at Oscawana ... (more)

I'm guessing this was around 1998.

An Empire Service train heads toward NYC on a spectacular fall evening during golden hour. This line offers many scenic views along the Hudson River.

Amtrak upgraded only one set of Turboliners to RTL II standards and that set operated in Empire Corridor service for only a few years. The uniquely painted train is heading southbound along the Hu... (more)

An FL9 leads a southbound train off the bascule bridge at New Hamburg, N.Y. Tower 54 had been long closed and the bridge made no longer moveable, but the bell in the tower still sounded whenever a... (more)

The 247 leads an eastbound Empire Service train out of Syracuse. This is likely the Empire State Express. Note the Genesis style nose logo and pin stripes along the anti climber.

This scene has changed drastically. The station is totally different; with high level platforms and a waiting room over the tracks and the F40s are long gone.

Back when Amtrak's Empire Service trains were still named, the Empire State Express waits at Rensselaer Station after an engine change (from F40PH to FL9) for the trip down the Hudson Line. This ... (more)

Going Back To The Summer Of 2013, A Rare Amtrak P280 This Day, Having 3 Engine's In The Lashup And A P42 Leading, Normally The Empire Service Trains Have P32's And One Engine..Not Today, The Engin... (more)

Daylight for now... As work progresses to enclose this area forever, an Empire Service train negotiates many switches on its way to the Empire Connection. Photo taken on RR property with permiss... (more)

Skirting the Hudson River, this northbound Empire Service train just passed through a tunnel and is about to pass through another when it goes under the Bear Mountain Bridge.

Some fall color hangs on as the daily Empire Service train crosses Broadway in Fonda, NY. The "hot shot" Q004 rolls on east on track 2.