An uncommon leader only usually brought out when there's no P42s available, AMTK 514 leads the Maple Leaf towards Niagara Falls and points beyond.

A westbound Amtrak (Maple leaf?) departs the old Amtrak depot in East Syracuse which is now demolished. I believe the yard area is what was left of De Witt yard.

The new Schenectady Amtrak station shows off it's Christmas colors during the blue hour 2 days prior to Christmas. The new station opened on October 17, 2018. It is styled after the classic origin... (more)

The Empire Service travels East in the morning halfway between Rochester and Syracuse, no defects at Savannah.

Amtrak's Lakeshore Limited has arrived at the station in downtown Rochester, New York and makes its stop, albeit 8 hours later than its scheduled time due to issues shortly after the train had dep... (more)

With threatening skies looming in the background, Amtrak's Maple Leaf, lead by the Phase IV Heritage Unit, races through East Rochester.

Locomotives:
AMTK 184 P42DC

The 5 o'clock Empire Service passenger train has left the Rochester Station and follows an empty CSXT auto rack and tank train. Next stop will be the Buffalo Depew Station.

The first support for the new signal bridge is now in place at CP 39 in Dunkirk as Amtrak's Lakeshore Limited passes under the NYC bridge currently guarding the interlocking on the Fourth of July.... (more)

An RTL I Turboliner heads eastbound through Jordan, NY with an Empire Service train in the mid to early 1990s. Year is a guess.

Amtrak 280 speeds east on a Saturday morning in Batavia, New York, crossing over Tonawanda Creek on a NYC Bridge.

Locomotives:
AMTK 702 P32AC-DM

Amtrak's Maple Leaf has just crossed over the Niagara Gorge from Canada and is making an extended station stop at the new station in Niagara Falls where customs and immigration work will be comple... (more)

Amtrak 280 with the 714 glides through CP-175 after daparting Amsterdam Station on a brisk but sunny mid February morning!

The first 40th Anniversary retro unit, 822, leads the eastbound Maple Leaf through a wintry scene beneath classic New York Central signals (that are now history) on Christmas Eve 2013.

On a day when an F40/Amfleet set is substituting for the Turbo equipment indicated in Amtrak's timetable, the eastbound Empire State Express pulls into the station at Amsterdam, NY, on its way fro... (more)