It's the night before Amtrak, and Penn Central train #8, the New York-Boston Merchants Limited, has completed its final run under private operation as it stands at the bumper in Boston's South Sta... (more)
Still proudly wearing its Pennsylvania keystone, GG1 4891 has just taken over Penn Central Boston-Washington train 175, the Patriot, from the pair of E8s that had brought it as far as New Haven, C... (more)
A four-car set of Penn Central Metroliners now operated by Amtrak reaches for the wires as the train hums along at Iselin, NJ, on its way from New York to Washington. In early 1972 Amtrak was stil... (more)
A Boston-Providence commuter train operated by Conrail for the MBTA accelerates away from the stop at Canton Junction, MA. Conrail took over from Penn Central six months earlier and equipment owne... (more)
An ex-PRR E8 with a Penn Central Washington-Boston train pauses at Providence, RI, a year before Amtrak. The first car behind the engine is an ex-NH parlor/lounge. The distinctive Art Deco office ... (more)