One of the last times I saw solid F40 power on the Lake Shore Limited, making its station stop on a morning with threating skies.

Amtrak Train 283 passes underneath CSX's Carman Subdivision in Schenectady, NY.

Amtrak's eastbound Toronto-New York Niagra Rainbow headed up by a pair of E-8s passes under the Marion branch bridge over CP15 in Newark, NY in November 1978. The Marion branch bridge was removed ... (more)

The evening sun emerges for the Empire Service Amtrak 283 (New York, NY - Niagara Falls, NY) at NYCRR mile post 280.

Empire Service (New York, NY - Niagara Falls, NY) Westbound at New York Central RR mile post 338 on Memorial Day evening.

Amtrak Train 284 leans into a superelevated curve as it approaches Barhydt Road in Glenville, NY at speed.

Amtrak 709 brings some color to a rather dreary December afternoon as it pulls the 283 crossing over Track 1 too Track 2 westbound at CP-188 with a maintainer further east down the tracks.

Amtrak train 280 descends West Albany Hill and makes its way into the Hudson River Valley.

Amtrak 706 the last phase IV P32 is looking rough, but is still going strong as it leads train 284 to New York City.

Amtrak 50th Anniversary P42 #108 leads the eastbound Lake Shore Limited at Lincoln Avenue in Colonie, NY.

With Amtrak 50th Anniversary-painted P42DC #108 leading the way, Amtrak Train 449 out of Boston heads west at Chatham Center, NY in beautiful, late afternoon light.

Trying to escape threating skies, this Empire Service train hustles westbound out of Rochester and on toward Buffalo. You can feel the sweltering humidity in the air.

Amtrak train 281, a "Empire Service" rounds the curve as it crosses over I-490 in downtown Rochester, NY with Amtrak 108, the Phase 6 Heritage Unit leading.

The Empire Service crosses the High Falls of the Genesee River in the early evening with the new "Phase VI 50th Anniversary" unit.