L020 heads east on Amtrak's Hudson Line with a cut of cars for West Albany Yard.

Looking forlorn at the shops, this unit was later painted up and kept going. I wonder why they chose that old-style headlight in the era of sealed beams. Lots of 32 volt bulbs on hand I guess, L... (more)

The hard luck unit in the GE catalog, or should I say one of the hard luck units. These seemed to go into storage first when business went down on any railroad. This one looks like it spent too ... (more)

Amtrak 50th Anniversary P42 #100, Midnight Blue, leads the eastbound Lake Shore Limited at Lincoln Avenue in Colonie, NY.

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

Idled PA1's waited for return to service at Colonie Shops

After running around the train in Schenectady, the Green Mountain Flyer continues east through Colonie, as the train is spanned over a 110 mile per hour section of track.

P32AC-DM 704 leads train 283 at Lincoln Avenue in Colonie. The new signals are for the interlocking that was installed as part of the double tracking project between Albany and Schenectady.

During the late 60s to mid 70s the Delaware and Hudson acquired 4 Alco PA-2s and 2 Baldwin RF-16s thus becoming the railfan Railroad of the Northeast. A crowd has gather around the two Baldwin &qu... (more)

Amtrak's construction of the second track between Albany and Schenectady is well underway now. A work extra with 3 units (MP15's # 531 & 535 plus 520) hauls 3 flat cars with concrete ties and 48 l... (more)

50% of the PA4 fleet which just pulled out of the Colonie shop building is now leaving the main track for the Colonie coach yard where it will pick up one coach prior to backing up about 5 miles t... (more)

D45 rolls North past old industries with D&H GP38-2 7304 and UP SD9043MAC 3667 on the Kenwood to Saratoga local.

Amtrak 156 the Phase One Heritage Unit leads the Lake Shore Limited aka Amtrak 48 on the Hudson Line approaching Lincoln Ave. in Colonie picking up the new, fresh fallen dusting of snow.

On my way back from Ravena, in the corner of my eye I spotted this gem sitting in the Colonie yard and had to get some roster shots of it.