Amtrak Empire Service train #260 passing through Staatsburg, New York.

A southbound Empire Service train clears the tunnels at Breakneck Ridge, with New York Penn about an hour ahead of it.

Amtrak train 284, the "Empire Service" rounds the curve at MP 381 on a sunny November morning.

Empire Service train 238 at Manitou.

Empire Service train 280 southbound at New Hamburg.

Amtrak GP40TC number 198 leads an eastbound Empire Service Train past CP 215.

Amtrak Empire Service train 280 with P32AC-DM 711 at Garrison, New York.

The last of it's kind, the highest numbered dual mode leads an Empire Service train at the old station in East Syracuse, NY.

Amtrak Empire Service rounding the bend with a fresh Phase III dual mode. The Empire Corridor is the only place in the Amtrak system that you can regularly see Phase III locomotives.

On the morning of August 22nd, Amtrak P32AC-DM 709 leads Empire Service train 280 as it speeds south on the Hudson Line in Rhinecliff, New York. The Hudson Line is one of the last bastions for New... (more)

On a gloomy August morning, Amtrak train 260, an Albany - New York Penn "Empire Service" train splits the MP 99 automatic signals in Tivoli, NY on Amtrak's Hudson Line. Modernization is ... (more)

With summer afternoon thunderheads building behind the Buffalo skyline, Amtrak Empire Service 281 heads north towards Niagara Falls. P32AC-DM 712 is in the lead, wearing the Phase III Empire Servi... (more)

The Empire Service heads West on a gorgeous hot afternoon in Central Upstate New York. Next stop Rochester NY.

Amtrak train 281 the "Empire Service" passes over the Ganargua Creek as it races towards its station stop in Rochester, NY.