Deseret Ry. (formerly Deseret Western Ry.) DPR-1 leads a coal train back to the Deserado Mine for another load of coal. The Power Plant is in Utah and the mine is in Colorado. This is typical wint... (more)

Back in high school, shooting a train from the middle of the NEC must have seemed like a perfectly okay thing to do, despite the fact that a decade later, I'd probably not even consider it, even i... (more)

Now a museum piece!

An E60CH on its last legs helps out a younger AEM7 "meatball" with a Northeast Direct train. The older unit was probably a rescue add on at Philly. At this point in time, the E60CHs were 'protec... (more)

This is the only time I've ever seen an E60CH and a P42DC together (although this was SOP in the late 90s, early 00s). The train is the "Three Rivers" from New York to Pittsburgh (and on to Chica... (more)

The engineer from "The Colonial" (AMT train #174) watches with a railfan as a "Philadelphia Clocker" (Amt train #213) heads west behind a r/w/b GG1. Amtrak only painted seven of the GG1s in this ... (more)

While my grandmother and I waited on our Metroliner, The Patriot stops to pick up "the other people," taking coach. I only rode the Metroliner when travelling with my grandmother as I was "other... (more)

The Amtrak Clocker to Philadelphia heads west while a Conrail local from Trenton heads east. Clockers held that name since PRR days as they left at the top of the hour on their runs from NYC to Ph... (more)

Expected to replace GG1's but derailments at speed led to the acquisition of AEM7's.

Amtrak's "The Patriot" makes a station stop at Penn Station Newark. I had just rode this train from Penn Station New York. It began its run at Boston at 9:30a, changed to an electric motor at New ... (more)