A day after the first Southbound revenue run down the Northeast Corridor from Boston to Washington, D.C., Amtrak 600 is headed back North to New York's Penn Station, leading train 152. Train is se... (more)

Amtrak 600 had the distinction of leading the first revenue run of an ACS-64 "Cities Sprinter" electric locomotive. On this day it departed Boston at 8:15am with Northeast Regional train 171. It... (more)

First revenue run. After months of testing, Amtrak ACS-64 600, the class unit of 70 to be built by Siemens, entered revenue service on a beautiful Friday afternoon, leading train 171 from B... (more)

Amtrak ACS-64 600 is the first to be put into revenue service. The engine heads out of Philadelphia on it's inaugural train, Lynchburg Regional 171.

Amtrak ACS-64 #600, a "Cities Sprinter", passes under a set of former PRR signals at the Levittown/Tullytown PA SEPTA station. This is the first Southbound revenue run for the newest passenger loc... (more)

Finally! After months of testing, ACS-64 class unit 600 leads train 171 through West Haven, CT on its first revenue trip. Amtrak President Joe Boardman can be seen riding shotgun.

A holiday-delayed loaded autorack train is seen here at the Waring Viaduct with a fresh CSX GE and a ratty CP GE trailing. This is a rarely done shot due to the steep embankment on either side of... (more)

A new "Heavy" GEVO leads a trio of NS GEs up to the summit of Beaumont Hill with the ZLCAI (LA-Atlanta/Inman, GA), a remnant of the "Blue Streak" service Southern Pacific offered. On the left is t... (more)

One of BNSF's newest C4's leads this eastbound stack train through Klinefelter.

HLS's newest rebuilds, GP40-3 #6500 and GP38-3 #2000 are seen here coupled to freshly painted GP38-2 #2507 at Huntington.

Stepping out of the clouds on a monochromatic day, CN's train for the Belt Railway of Chicago steps onto the Elgin Subdivision for access to the BRC. A pair of nearly-new GE products do the honors... (more)

One of the brand new Canadian National railway Evolution Series 4400 horsepower alternating current (ES44AC) engines from General Electric is seen here on point leading CN train extra (X) 301 by H... (more)

Brand new SD70ACe #624 and the old C30-7 #7610 were the helper set N63 at the end of MRS train, ready to depart.

The fresh red paint on this ECO stands out as it leads train 482 south on BNSF's Hinckley Subdivision. This train originated at CP's Stinson Yard in Superior, Wisconsin and will terminate in the T... (more)

At twilight and after receiving a quick crew-change, No. 272 departs the yard at Bluefield, W.Va., behind a pair of brand new Canadian National ES44AC's leading the relatively light autorack train... (more)