A new era in Amtrak motive power is quickly approaching, as demonstrated during a media day to showcase the testing of the new Siemens USA-built "American Cities Sprinter" ACS-64. Once debuted on ... (more)
On May 21, 1993, a Amtrak train powered by a General Electric E60MA curves through Elizabeth, New Jersey, on the incredibly busy Northeast Corridor.
The James Whitcomb Riley has just crossed the Grand Calumet River and is seen passing a derailed gondola on the Erie Lackawanna. Tom Golden photo.
This SDP was not your father's E unit. EMD was making a clean break from the original art deco inspired cab unit shape. This was to be the new cab unit shape that would last 25 years in the SDP40F... (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)
Cloudy morning sunrise greets the early morning Murray Hill to New York.
Amtrak's Hiawatha pops out of the west portal of the Milwaukee Road's bore at Tunnel City en route from Chicago to Minneapolis.
Built in October 1975, venerable E-60 #601 holds onto her career a few more years on Amtrak's Three Rivers Service. Sister unit #603 was later preserved at the Railroad Museum of PA.
NJ Transit was the new player in town in Philly. GP-40-FH-2 4141 get serviced along with lots of Amtrak power on 12MAR90.
