"Phase II Steaming by Palmer"

On the evening of August 4th, 2024, Steam fog rises from the hills of Palmer, Massachusetts as Amtrak P42DC #130, painted in the Phase II heritage scheme... (more)

Empire service with extra passengers for the bonus stop at the New York State Fair in Syracuse. As they passed a distant barn in Wayne County, the Engineer gave me a friendly wave or maybe he was... (more)

Dobbs Ferry Forty Years Later. On Thursday, August 15, 2024, Amtrak's 40th Anniversary Phase II unit, P42DC AMTK 130, makes a rare appearance on the Hudson Line at dusk, leading Train 241. ... (more)

A couple of minutes late, Amtrak 29 exits Pittsburgh en route to Chicago, IL with Phase II P42DC #130 leading the way.

Its a beautiful sunny morning as Amtrak's Phase II heritage unit #130 leads the southbound Vermonter through the fresh snow in Middlesex Vermont.

Amtrak 42 departs it’s Altoona station stop in Altoona, Pennsylvania with Amtrak 130, the Phase 2 heritage unit leading.

Amtrak 50, the eastbound Cardinal pops out of the east portal of the Blue Ridge Tunnel on Buckingham Branch Railroad’s North Mountain Subdivision. The train is nearly crawling past me, as just a... (more)

Amtrak's Phase II Heritage Unit #130 rests in Pittsburgh's Union Station, awaiting the next morning when it will depart for New York as the lead unit of the eastbound Pennsylvanian. The westbound ... (more)

Amtrak's "Phase II" 40th Anniversary P42DC #130 leads the eastbound Capitol Limited through Gaithersburg, Maryland.

"Several Phases of Amtrak at Springfield"

On a sunny March 24th, 2024, Amtrak P42DC #130, painted in the Phase II heritage scheme, shoves southbound Vermonter Train 57 into Springfiel... (more)

"Phase II at Holyoke"

On a sunny March 24th, 2024, Amtrak P42DC #130, painted in the Phase II heritage scheme, leads southbound Vermonter Train 57 past the former Boston & M... (more)

"Pushing Snow at Charlestown"

On a snowy, but sunny March 24th, 2024, snow-covered Amtrak P42DC #130, painted in the Phase II heritage scheme, leads southbound Vermonter Tra... (more)

"Snowy Phase II Over the West River"

On a snowy, but sunny March 24th, 2024, snow-covered Amtrak P42DC #130, painted in the Phase II heritage scheme, leads southbound Vermon... (more)

"Phase II Through a Snowy South Royalton"

On the snow-filled afternoon of March 24th, 2024, Amtrak P42DC #130, painted in the Phase II heritage scheme, leads southbound Verm... (more)

With around 3 feet of snowfall overnight, the southbound Amtrak Vermonter was the first train operating over the New England Central Palmer Subdivision on Sunday, March 24. Led by Phase II Herita... (more)