...or is it St. John's River Bridge? The debate continues, as they call it by both. At any rate, it's almost impossible to get a locomotive of this class leading here, so you celebrate in the ov... (more)

An exceptionally rare leader brings 98 north on a wet and unsettled afternoon heading toward Palatka, running on time. The dash 8 leaders only happen every few years it seems.

A snow squall fills the air as Amtrak's westbound Maple Lead gets out of Rochester, New York behind one of Amtrak's Dash 8 locomotives. The train has just crossed under the Rochester & Southern's ... (more)

Amtrak 69 makes a station stop at Plattsburgh with the northbound Adirondack.

Three trains meet (they're all moving) as two Pennsy icons (GG-1 No. 4859 and N6B caboose 980016) are repositioned for station trackwork in 2014

After some warm temperatures melted most of the remaining snow, Amtrak train 64 the eastbound "Maple Leaf" passes over a raging high fall with a rare GE P32BWH leading.

One of the few Amtrak P32BWH's leads the westbound "Maple Leaf" as it passes over the Erie Canal on the CSX Rochester Sub.

Out on the road. Amtrak 63 (Maple Leaf) is one of the trains that usually receives an engine change from a dual mode P32AC-DM to a straight diesel at the Albany-Rensselaer Station while going nort... (more)

One of Amtrak's Dash 8's leads the westbound Maple Leaf as it crosses over the Erie canal and heads out of Buffalo in a brief snow squall.

Amtrak 68 the "Adirondack" approaches the Napper Road crossing in Westport with a Dash8-32BWH filling in for the usual P42DC on today's train.

Amtrak's Maple Leaf races across the Jordan Harbour with B32-8WH 514 doing the honours. In the foreground, pillars from the original bridge built by the Great Western Railway in 1867 still stand t... (more)

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.

Empire service train P280 kicks up snow through Fonda with one of Amtrak's Dash 8-32BWH leading, these units arent to common in the Mohawk Valley.

Amtrak 69 the "Adirondack" crosses the Saranac River in Plattsburgh with an unusual Dash8-32BWH filling in for the usual P42DC today.

The GE P32 is not a small locomotive, as illustrated here with Amtrak's No. 514 coupled to PRR GG-1 No. 4859. The G was temporarily moved from under Harrisburg's train shed to allow trackwork to ... (more)