Amtrak ballast train awaits orders.
A loaded Amtrak rail train gets under way with a smoke show as it starts south out of Rensselaer at CP-141. The train is about to duck under the Rt 9 & 20 overpass. AMTK 538 is the former P&LE 159... (more)
Amtrak Work Extra 538 heads westbound through Old Saybrook Station on the Shore Line with MP15DC 538 leading a short train.
Colleague and fellow RP contributor Emily Moser photographs Heritage unit #145 in the shops. She insists that the belt and pouch around her waist is NOT a fanny pack. I'm not so sure...
From left to right - BN's Pacific Zip, Amtrak #7 behind 538 and 532, Amtrak E8 332 off #793 and Amtrak #11 preparing to depart for Los Angeles. A little different perspective of the under-constru... (more)
Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder is right on time as it passes the BN helper set waiting for its next assignment in front of the Essex depot, which sat directly across the tracks from the Izaak W... (more)