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By:Tom Beckett
Dates:6/1/1976 - 12/29/2014
Album Info:Amtrak trains systemwide.
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Amtrak train, NYC scene.
Title:  Amtrak train, NYC scene.
Description:  An eastbound Amtrak turbo blows through Glenwood in a scene with some NYC relics. The tower behind the train is an old NYC signal station. The building at left is an electric substation, built when the railroad supplied all their own power.
Photo Date:  6/3/1989  Upload Date: 10/29/2015 3:42:11 AM
Location:  Glenwood, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 160(Turboliner)
Views:  163   Comments: 0
Rolling hard
Title:  Rolling hard
Description:  A Turbotrain roll fast along the Hudson Line approaching the Tarrytown station, passing under the Tappan Zee Bridge, and framed by the signals at CP 25.
Photo Date:  6/3/1989  Upload Date: 10/22/2015 3:13:26 AM
Location:  Tarrytown, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 152(Turboliner)
Views:  239   Comments: 1
Remember these??
Title:  Remember these??
Description:  Amtrak MHCs wait for assignment at the 14th St coach yard, seen from the Cardinal.
Photo Date:  3/10/1990  Upload Date: 12/23/2015 3:41:52 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  126   Comments: 0
Maple Leaf
Title:  Maple Leaf
Description:  The Maple Leaf works at Syracuse on a gloomy Monday. This is the old NYC station out at Dewitt. The Carousel Mall station is still several years in the future.
Photo Date:  3/12/1990  Upload Date: 12/26/2015 2:39:55 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 357(F40PH)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
Mismatch
Title:  Mismatch
Description:  This eastbound Amtrak has a pair of mismatched number boards, seen at Syracuse. The right one looks OK, but the left one looks like it was done with a crayon, probably replaced due to a bird strike, a too common occurrence.
Photo Date:  3/12/1990  Upload Date: 12/26/2015 2:40:48 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 408(F40PHR)
Views:  532   Comments: 1
Broadway blasting by
Title:  Broadway blasting by
Description:  Amtrak 41, the Broadway Limited, hammers by our position, having rolled off the Rockville Bridge, now getting up to speed for the trip across the Middle and Pittsburgh Divisions.
Photo Date:  6/16/1990  Upload Date: 1/13/2016 3:24:16 AM
Location:  Marysville, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 210(F40PH)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
Pennsylvanian
Title:  Pennsylvanian
Description:  The eastbound Pennsylvanian, train 42, rolls under the classic signals at Banks. A UXT coal train is pacing the passenger train, timing out the signal at left.
Photo Date:  6/16/1990  Upload Date: 1/13/2016 3:26:23 AM
Location:  Duncannon, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 390(F40PHR)
Views:  170   Comments: 0
Big bridge, big train, wide river
Title:  Big bridge, big train, wide river
Description:  The westbound Broadway rolls across the Rockville Bridge with 20 cars, including some MHCs and cars from the American Orient Express.
Photo Date:  6/16/1990  Upload Date: 1/13/2016 3:33:38 AM
Location:  Marysville, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 210(F40PH)
Views:  174   Comments: 0
Lake Shore in the cut
Title:  Lake Shore in the cut
Description:  The Boston section of the Lake Shore Limited rolls through the deep rock cut at Washington Mass as it makes its way over the top of the Berkshires.
Photo Date:  1/19/1991  Upload Date: 4/14/2015 2:36:14 AM
Location:  Washington, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 302(F40PH) AMTK 360(F40PHR)
Views:  443   Comments: 1
Dual power
Title:  Dual power
Description:  Train 49, the Lake Shore Limited, arrives at Albany-Renssalaer behind a pair of FL 9s. Originally built for the New Haven basically as an FP 9 with third rail capability to run through from Grand Central to non electrified territory, a dozen found their way onto Amtrak, where eventually six would survive into the 1990s. Using them eliminated the time honored engine change at Harmon, and trains could run straight through to Albany, where the train would have the Boston section switched in. Now the switching and engine change could be completed simultaneously, saving time.
Photo Date:  1/19/1991  Upload Date: 2/5/2016 4:05:04 AM
Location:  Rensselaer, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 488(FL9) AMTK 491(FL9)
Views:  1030   Comments: 0
Old soldier
Title:  Old soldier
Description:  Long after other class 1 roads had retired their SW 1s, Amtrak was still using them in switching service, such as this one at Albany, working the Lake Shore.
Photo Date:  1/19/1991  Upload Date: 2/5/2016 4:07:37 AM
Location:  Rensselaer, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 742(SW1)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
Riding in style
Title:  Riding in style
Description:  The Amtrak version of the Broadway may not have the classic appeal of a set of E 7s or a pair of K 4s, but still looks good crossing Rockville Bridge.
Photo Date:  7/14/1991  Upload Date: 3/2/2015 5:12:06 AM
Location:  Rockville Bridge, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 225(F40PH) AMTK 357(F40PH)
Views:  408   Comments: 0
Pennsyvanian
Title:  Pennsyvanian
Description:  Amtraks day train from Pittsburgh, the Pennsylvania, rolls out ont Rockville Bridge as it makes its approach to Harrisburg in the haze.
Photo Date:  7/14/1991  Upload Date: 3/2/2015 5:15:21 AM
Location:  Rockville Bridge, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 335(F40PH)
Views:  164   Comments: 0
The Lake Shore
Title:  The Lake Shore
Description:  The 14 car Lake Shore Limited passes a relic that its predecessors would recognize-Signal Station 30, a holdover from the NY Central era. A pair of E 7s would look nice here-or a Hudson.
Photo Date:  10/5/1991  Upload Date: 2/19/2015 1:58:07 AM
Location:  Utica, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 319(F40PHR) AMTK 307(F40PH)
Views:  930   Comments: 1
Adirondack and the CP
Title:  Adirondack and the CP
Description:  The northbound Adirondack leaves Schenectady, revealing a waiting 270 as it rolls on toward Saratoga. The 270 will follow shortly once he gets the signal.
Photo Date:  11/16/1991  Upload Date: 2/17/2015 3:50:44 AM
Location:  Schenectady, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 150(Turboliner) CP 5684(SD40-2) ST 680(SD45) GATX 2004(SD40-2)
Views:  783   Comments: 0
Rolling away
Title:  Rolling away
Description:  The Adirondack rolls away onto the D&H, having departed the Schenectady station. The track to the left is former NYC and heads down the Mohawk Valley toward Utica and Buffalo. It carries primarily Amtrak trains. There may have been Conrail local service on it at the time of the photo. All through freight used the Selkirk Branch, which joined the Chicago Line at CP 169 near Amsterdam.
Photo Date:  11/16/1991  Upload Date: 2/17/2015 3:53:13 AM
Location:  Schenectady, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 150(Turboliner)
Views:  636   Comments: 0
Amtrak on the lock
Title:  Amtrak on the lock
Description:  Amtrak 283 rolls past the lock and dam at Cranesville as it apporaches Amsterdam.
Photo Date:  5/29/1992  Upload Date: 2/9/2015 3:51:55 AM
Location:  Cranesville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 194(GP40TC)
Views:  201   Comments: 0
Rainy Maple Leaf
Title:  Rainy Maple Leaf
Description:  Amtraks Maple Lear is on its way after making its stop in Utica. Part of the train shed can be seen in the right rear of the photo. The satation, which had been restored to its early splendor, was a work of art.
Photo Date:  5/29/1992  Upload Date: 2/9/2015 3:55:04 AM
Location:  Utica, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 198(GP40TC)
Views:  544   Comments: 0
Canadian unit goes to Canada
Title:  Canadian unit goes to Canada
Description:  Train 63, the Maple Leaf, rolls toward its next stop at Utica with a unit that will be right at home at destination in Toronto
Photo Date:  5/29/1992  Upload Date: 2/7/2015 2:55:08 AM
Location:  Little Falls, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 199(GP40TC)
Views:  343   Comments: 1
Sleek
Title:  Sleek
Description:  A westbound turbo rolls along the Mohawk past lock 10.
Photo Date:  5/29/1992  Upload Date: 2/9/2015 3:57:56 AM
Location:  Cranesville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  76   Comments: 0
Going for a ride
Title:  Going for a ride
Description:  A passenger approaches the spot where this westbound turbo will stop as it rolls into the station
Photo Date:  5/31/1992  Upload Date: 2/9/2015 3:49:36 AM
Location:  Amsterdam, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 157(Turboliner)
Views:  227   Comments: 0
Turbo on the river
Title:  Turbo on the river
Description:  Amtrak turbine heads toward Albany and NY City along the Mohawk River at NY Barge Canal lock #10.
Photo Date:  5/31/1992  Upload Date: 5/22/2011 4:36:57 PM
Location:  Cranesville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 157(Turboliner)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
Turbo east
Title:  Turbo east
Description:  An eastbound Empire Service train rolls past CP 285 and into the Amtrak station at Dewitt with a set of turbos covering the schedule.
Photo Date:  4/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/27/2015 2:15:53 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 150(Turboliner)
Views:  880   Comments: 0
Turbo in Empire Service
Title:  Turbo in Empire Service
Description:  Before Amtrak went to all Amfleet in New York state, they ran several sets of gas turbines from Grand Central to Niagara Falls. One of them is at Syracuse.
Photo Date:  4/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/15/2012 11:55:12 PM
Location:  Syracuse, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 153(Turboliner)
Views:  512   Comments: 0
Going home
Title:  Going home
Description:  What should show up on train 63 but a Canadian expatriate, one of GO Transits GP40TCs. In a few hours it will be in familiar territory. The Syracuse station was the ex NYC facility put up in the late 50s across from Dewitt yard after the passenger line downtown was abandoned. Now its I 690, and the station is out by Carousel Mall.
Photo Date:  4/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/27/2015 2:20:01 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 199(GP40TC)
Views:  567   Comments: 0
X 2000
Title:  X 2000
Description:  In July 1993, Amtrak and CP ran a promo train for the X 2000, a new high speed train. This would be the basis for Amraks Acela equipment. Here the train is about to pass under the NY 427 overpass at Chemung. Note the former Erie station just behind the train, left of the tracks.
Photo Date:  7/26/1993  Upload Date: 5/22/2011 4:49:42 PM
Location:  Chemung, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 351(F40PH) AMTK 388(F40PHR)
Views:  455   Comments: 0
X2000
Title:  X2000
Description:  Then experimental train X2000 rolls through Waverly NY, past an ex Erie semaphore during its barnstorming tour of the US. CP was a sponsor of the research that went into its development.
Photo Date:  7/26/1993  Upload Date: 11/27/2011 3:14:24 AM
Location:  Waverly, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 351(F40PH) AMTK 388(F40PHR)
Views:  524   Comments: 0
X 2000
Title:  X 2000
Description:  The experimental X 2000 passes Terrace Drive as it enters East Binghamton yard in Conklin NY as it makes its way to Buffalo via CP.
Photo Date:  7/26/1993  Upload Date: 1/8/2012 3:07:57 AM
Location:  Conklin, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 351(F40PH) AMTK 388(F40PHR)
Views:  908   Comments: 1
Old Dewitt station
Title:  Old Dewitt station
Description:  Amtrak train 286 makes its station stop at the Dewitt station, the 1957 structure that replaced the old passenger station downtown whose right of way now carries I 690. The new bus and train station near Carousel Mall would open in a couple of years, closing this station far out on the east side of Syracuse. Note LV 353 sitting in the pocket track at left.
Photo Date:  11/26/1993  Upload Date: 1/8/2015 4:58:08 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 368(F40PHR)
Views:  758   Comments: 0
Maple Leaf
Title:  Maple Leaf
Description:  Amtak 63, the Maple Leaf for Toronto, passes TV 13 and Frontier Yard just after leaving Depew. It will outrun the van racing it on NY 130
Photo Date:  5/27/1994  Upload Date: 9/19/2014 3:12:16 AM
Location:  Cheektowaga, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 392(F40PHR) CR 6779(SD50)
Views:  494   Comments: 0
AEM7 on the big bridge
Title:  AEM7 on the big bridge
Description:  Train 102 rolls across the bridge over the Susquehanna River approaching Perryville on Independence Day
Photo Date:  7/4/1994  Upload Date: 9/1/2014 2:50:40 AM
Location:  Perryville, MD
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 916(AEM7)
Views:  267   Comments: 0
Rolling off the bridge
Title:  Rolling off the bridge
Description:  Amtrak train 102 behind a workhorse AEM7 rolls off the Susquehanna River bridge at Perryville.
Photo Date:  7/4/1994  Upload Date: 9/16/2014 2:35:48 AM
Location:  Perryville, MD
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 916(AEM7)
Views:  325   Comments: 0
201 going on the bridge
Title:  201 going on the bridge
Description:  A toaster leads train 201 toward Baltimore and Washington as it starts across the Susquehanna.
Photo Date:  7/4/1994  Upload Date: 9/16/2014 2:44:06 AM
Location:  Perryville, MD
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 923(AEM7)
Views:  234   Comments: 0
Doubleheaded on the bridge
Title:  Doubleheaded on the bridge
Description:  Train 104 rolls across the Susquehanna with a pair of AEM7s in the lead.
Photo Date:  7/4/1994  Upload Date: 9/1/2014 2:54:58 AM
Location:  Perryville, MD
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 926(AEM7) AMTK 938(AEM7)
Views:  415   Comments: 0
Rolling for New York
Title:  Rolling for New York
Description:  A pair of toasters rolls off the big bridge en route to New York with 11 cars.
Photo Date:  7/4/1994  Upload Date: 9/16/2014 2:46:00 AM
Location:  Perryville, MD
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 926(AEM7) AMTK 938(AEM7)
Views:  408   Comments: 0
Double toasters
Title:  Double toasters
Description:  A pair of AEM7s leads 10 cars of train 101 onto the long bridge across the Susquehanna.
Photo Date:  7/4/1994  Upload Date: 9/16/2014 2:47:21 AM
Location:  Perryville, MD
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 936(AEM7) AMTK 943(AEM7)
Views:  391   Comments: 0
Crescent
Title:  Crescent
Description:  One of the things about late August is you realize the days are getting shorter. The light was already going when I caught the southbound Crescent at Alexandria.
Photo Date:  8/29/1994  Upload Date: 8/31/2014 2:13:19 AM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 802(P40DC) AMTK 834(P40DC)
Views:  740   Comments: 0
Over the river
Title:  Over the river
Description:  And on to Chicago. The westbound Broadway crosses Rockville Bridge just after leaving Harrisburg on its trip west.
Photo Date:  8/30/1994  Upload Date: 8/31/2014 2:02:17 AM
Location:  Marysville, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 374(F40PHR) AMTK 194(GP40TC) AMTK 309(F40PH)
Views:  509   Comments: 0
Crescent and the Masonic Memorial
Title:  Crescent and the Masonic Memorial
Description:  The northbound Crescent stops at Alexandria, its head end just down the street from the George Washington Masonic Memorial. Seen from the Washington Metro King St station
Photo Date:  8/30/1994  Upload Date: 6/19/2012 1:14:51 AM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 835(P40DC) AMTK 805(P40DC)
Views:  892   Comments: 0
Intermodal meet
Title:  Intermodal meet
Description:  Not exactly a cross platform transfer, a Washington Metro train stops while the northbound Crescent works at Alexandria. The George Washington Masonic Memorial is in the background.
Photo Date:  8/30/1994  Upload Date: 6/19/2012 1:16:52 AM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 835(P40DC) AMTK 805(P40DC)
Views:  735   Comments: 0
Turbo
Title:  Turbo
Description:  Amtraks turbo trains were still working in Empire Service in the mid 90s. Heres 160 leading train 281 at the old Syracuse station.
Photo Date:  9/2/1994  Upload Date: 8/29/2014 2:52:58 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 160(Turboliner)
Views:  381   Comments: 0
Night moves
Title:  Night moves
Description:  An ex GO Transit GP40TC heads up this westbound train at the Syracuse station as the light fades out.
Photo Date:  9/2/1994  Upload Date: 8/29/2014 2:54:34 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 197(GP40TC)
Views:  225   Comments: 0
Maple Leaf
Title:  Maple Leaf
Description:  Train 64, the Maple Leaf from Toronto, arrives at Syracuse.
Photo Date:  9/2/1994  Upload Date: 8/29/2014 2:55:57 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 350(F40PH)
Views:  380   Comments: 0
Niagara train
Title:  Niagara train
Description:  Train 281 makes its station stop at the Amtraks Dewitt station, built by NYC in 1957 to replace the station downtown when the passenger line was abandoned. It would be replaced a couple of years later by a new station out at Carousel Mall. That station would also serve Centro and Greyhound.
Photo Date:  3/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 1:55:11 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 153(Turboliner)
Views:  258   Comments: 0
Eastbound for New York
Title:  Eastbound for New York
Description:  An Amtrak F40 l;eads this eastbound into the station at Dewitt, prior to the opening of the new transportation center at Carousel Mall, which was still abuilding at this time.
Photo Date:  3/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/26/2014 1:23:31 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 338(F40PH)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
Toronto bound
Title:  Toronto bound
Description:  Train 63, the Maple Leaf, makes its Syracuse stop behind the usual F40
Photo Date:  3/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/26/2014 1:25:02 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 352(F40PH)
Views:  220   Comments: 1
Toronto start
Title:  Toronto start
Description:  The eastbound Maple Leaf makes its approach to Syracuse.
Photo Date:  3/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/26/2014 1:27:12 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 391(F40PHR)
Views:  313   Comments: 0
Amtrak westbound
Title:  Amtrak westbound
Description:  An Amtrak Empire Service train picks up speed leaving Utica
Photo Date:  6/4/1995  Upload Date: 5/22/2011 4:43:46 PM
Location:  Utica, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 198(GP40TC)
Views:  634   Comments: 0
Rolling to Buffalo
Title:  Rolling to Buffalo
Description:  Actually Niagara Falls. A four car westbound Empire Service train passes Lock 10 at Cranesville.
Photo Date:  6/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/14/2014 2:12:12 AM
Location:  Cranesville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 353(F40PH)
Views:  191   Comments: 0
Silver service
Title:  Silver service
Description:  A pair of AEM7s lead 14 cars of combined train 81 and 91 at Wilmington Del.
Photo Date:  7/22/1995  Upload Date: 8/14/2014 2:16:44 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 920(AEM7) AMTK 951(AEM7)
Views:  858   Comments: 0


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