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By:Tom Beckett
Dates:6/1/1976 - 12/29/2014
Album Info:Amtrak trains systemwide.
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Grand Central bound.
Title:  Grand Central bound.
Description:  The move to Penn Station for NY state trains is still a few years away as this turbo rolls past Garrison en route to Grand Central
Photo Date:  4/12/1985  Upload Date: 9/30/2014 2:53:43 AM
Location:  Garrison, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 163(Turboliner)
Views:  238   Comments: 0
FL 9 and a surprise
Title:  FL 9 and a surprise
Description:  An FL 9 led train rolls out of Harmon, not a big deal in those days. The surprise is the HEP car behind the power. This was the only time I ever saw one in New York. Take a look at the Harom engine tracks in the background. Lots of good stuff over there.
Photo Date:  4/19/1985  Upload Date: 9/30/2014 2:56:39 AM
Location:  Harmon, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 488(FL9) AMTK 695(Power Car)
Views:  1153   Comments: 1
Union station switcher
Title:  Union station switcher
Description:  Amtrak had acquired a group of rebuilt SW 1200s in a swap with the Santa Fe for some SDP40Fs, and they started turning up all over. This one is at Washington Union Station. Seen from the passing Silver Star
Photo Date:  5/4/1985  Upload Date: 9/30/2014 3:06:40 AM
Location:  Washington Union Station, DC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 562(SSB1200)
Views:  171   Comments: 0
Help from a friend
Title:  Help from a friend
Description:  This RF&P unit was at Union Station with a pair of Amtrak F40s. My guess is it was added to an Amtrak train after one of their own units failed south of DC.
Photo Date:  5/4/1985  Upload Date: 9/30/2014 3:09:07 AM
Location:  Washington Union Station, DC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  RFP 136(GP35) AMTK 386(F40PHR)
Views:  356   Comments: 0
Yard goat
Title:  Yard goat
Description:  The Miami yard engine makes up a New York train as I arrive on the Silver Star. Note the Slumbercoach. They were a staple on the Florida trains and the New York-Chicago trains, and were a really economical way to get a bed, however small, instead of sleeping in a coach seat. As I recall, the extra charge was around $15.
Photo Date:  5/5/1985  Upload Date: 9/30/2014 3:00:20 AM
Location:  Miami Station, FL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 556(SSB1200)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
Gone and stored in Florida
Title:  Gone and stored in Florida
Description:  A line of SDP40Fs was adjacent to the station in Miami awaiting disposition, having been deposed from their reign as Amtraks main passenger power.
Photo Date:  5/5/1985  Upload Date: 9/30/2014 3:02:12 AM
Location:  Miami Station, FL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  AMTK 636(SDP40F)
Views:  440   Comments: 0
Dead line
Title:  Dead line
Description:  There was a line of SDP40Fs at Miami next to the station, this one in the "pointless arrow" scheme.
Photo Date:  5/5/1985  Upload Date: 9/30/2014 3:03:57 AM
Location:  Miami Station, FL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  AMTK 646(SDP40F) AMTK 627(SDP40F)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
Auto train switcher
Title:  Auto train switcher
Description:  Amtrak kept this Dewitt Geep-an RS 3 rebuilt with a 567 engine from an E 8 by Conrail at Syracuse-to switch the Auto Train at Sanford FL
Photo Date:  5/6/1985  Upload Date: 9/28/2014 3:52:58 AM
Location:  Sanford, FL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Station
Locomotives:  AMTK 107(RS3M)
Views:  362   Comments: 1
Auto Train arrives
Title:  Auto Train arrives
Description:  The Auto Train behind a pair of F40s I had seen in Washington that previous Saturday arrives at Sanford.
Photo Date:  5/6/1985  Upload Date: 10/1/2014 2:28:38 AM
Location:  Sanford, FL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 386(F40PHR) AMTK 381(F40PHR)
Views:  657   Comments: 2
Sometimes traffic aint so bad.
Title:  Sometimes traffic aint so bad.
Description:  I was waiting at the toll plaza on the Triboro Bridge when this Amtrak train for Boston rolled past on the adjacent Hell Gate.
Photo Date:  5/12/1985  Upload Date: 10/1/2014 2:47:02 AM
Location:  Hell Gate Bridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 910(AEM7)
Views:  336   Comments: 1
FL 9 south
Title:  FL 9 south
Description:  Amtrak had only a dozen FL 9s, about half of which were out of service by this time, so it was always good to see one. This one is leading a southbound train from Albany, and will run it all the way into Grand Central.
Photo Date:  6/11/1985  Upload Date: 10/1/2014 2:32:52 AM
Location:  Manitou, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 490(FL9)
Views:  647   Comments: 0
Turbo on the river
Title:  Turbo on the river
Description:  A westbound turbo rolls along the east bank of the Hudson as seen from Bear Mountain State Park.
Photo Date:  6/11/1985  Upload Date: 10/1/2014 2:34:40 AM
Location:  Manitou, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  101   Comments: 0
Meet of unusual trains
Title:  Meet of unusual trains
Description:  A pair of SPV 2000s working the shuttle from Harmon to Poughkeepsie meets a turbo train just north of the tunnel on the east bank of the river.
Photo Date:  6/11/1985  Upload Date: 10/1/2014 2:38:27 AM
Location:  Manitou, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  45   Comments: 0
AEM 7 dash
Title:  AEM 7 dash
Description:  An AEM 7 leads a short train for Penn Station through Greenwich at high speed.
Photo Date:  7/9/1985  Upload Date: 10/1/2014 2:41:08 AM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 902(AEM7)
Views:  374   Comments: 0
Boston bound at twilight
Title:  Boston bound at twilight
Description:  An eastbound train approaches Greenwich as the light fades in the west on this AEM 7 and Amfleet cars. The signals are showing up in the distance as the light goes.
Photo Date:  7/9/1985  Upload Date: 10/1/2014 2:44:27 AM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 931(AEM7)
Views:  237   Comments: 0
Early morning mail
Title:  Early morning mail
Description:  Amtrak ran a couple of trains on the corridor that were primarily mail trains. One of them is seen here heading east to Boston at South Norwalk early in the day.
Photo Date:  8/13/1985  Upload Date: 10/4/2014 11:33:10 PM
Location:  South Norwalk, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 915(AEM7)
Views:  433   Comments: 0
New York bound
Title:  New York bound
Description:  A New York bound Amtrak train blows past the waiting commuters at South Norwalk
Photo Date:  8/13/1985  Upload Date: 10/5/2014 4:24:38 AM
Location:  South Norwalk, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 933(AEM7)
Views:  276   Comments: 0
Springfield service
Title:  Springfield service
Description:  One of the reasons Connecticut financed its group of SPVs was to cover the New Haven-Springfield trains that connected with the Northeast Corridor. This one is at Windsor Locks
Photo Date:  8/13/1985  Upload Date: 10/4/2014 11:35:29 PM
Location:  Windsor Locks, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 989(SPV-2000)
Views:  375   Comments: 0
Where SW 1s once trod
Title:  Where SW 1s once trod
Description:  And PRR B-3s....now an ex Santa Fe SSB 1200 does the work. Taken through the cruddy windows of a passing LIRR train
Photo Date:  10/5/1985  Upload Date: 10/11/2014 2:33:10 AM
Location:  Sunnyside Yard, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 557(SSB1200)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
Headed for the tunnel
Title:  Headed for the tunnel
Description:  The Ringling Bros circus train is about to enter the East River tunnel at Hunterspoint Av in Queens behind a trio of E60s, which just took over from three LIRR MP15ACs. The train will be turned over to Conrail once in Jersey, and spotted near the Lincoln Tunnel entrance. Tomorrow the equipment and animals will be taken through the tunnel to their show in Madison Square Garden. I am standing on the LIRR Hunterspoint Av station, MP 1 in the foreground is the distance from the Long Island City float bridges, now long abandoned. The subway train behind the Amtrak power is the No 7 Flushing-Times Square train, seen about to leave the elevated line is has been on since just after leaving Main St, and enter the tunnel to make its Hunterspoint Av stop, then Vernon-Jackson, then on into Manhattan. The cars date to 1963, just prior to the Worlds Fair.
Photo Date:  12/6/1985  Upload Date: 10/14/2014 2:15:48 AM
Location:  Long Island City, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 950(E60) AMTK 951(E60) AMTK 952(AEM7)
Views:  965   Comments: 0
Circus train approaches the tunnel
Title:  Circus train approaches the tunnel
Description:  One of the more unusual moves to run through Penn Station is the Ringling Brothers circus train, which uses he tunnel to run from the LIRR to a staging area for Madison Square Garden out in the Jersey meadows. We see it here at Hunterspoint Av on the LIRR as it heads into the East River tunnel.
Photo Date:  12/17/1985  Upload Date: 11/27/2011 3:02:12 AM
Location:  Long Island City, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 950(E60) AMTK 951(E60) AMTK 952(E60)
Views:  1178   Comments: 1
Pennsylanian
Title:  Pennsylanian
Description:  Train 42 eases down the hill at Horseshoe Curve behind the usual F 40.
Photo Date:  2/14/1986  Upload Date: 10/17/2014 3:54:24 AM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 264(F40PHR)
Views:  223   Comments: 0
Train 6
Title:  Train 6
Description:  The eastbound Cal Zephyr departs Galesburg on a miserable February day en route to Chicago.
Photo Date:  2/16/1986  Upload Date: 11/9/2014 4:11:22 AM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 293(F40PHR) AMTK 304(F40PH)
Views:  487   Comments: 0
Southbound on the river
Title:  Southbound on the river
Description:  Actually, eastbound by timetable. Seen from Bear Mountain State Park, an Amtrak turbo heads for its stop at Harmon, then on to Grand Central.
Photo Date:  4/1/1986  Upload Date: 11/17/2014 3:17:02 AM
Location:  Manitou, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  68   Comments: 0
Rolling on the river
Title:  Rolling on the river
Description:  A southbound Amtrak turbo for New York rolls along the Hudson across from Bear Mountain.
Photo Date:  4/1/1986  Upload Date: 11/17/2014 3:20:47 AM
Location:  Manitou, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  48   Comments: 0
Broadway on the broad way
Title:  Broadway on the broad way
Description:  Amtrak 41, the Broadway Limited, has cleared Rockville bridge and now is picking up speed as it passes the old Pennsy station at Marysville.
Photo Date:  5/20/1986  Upload Date: 11/21/2014 2:52:33 AM
Location:  Marysville, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 333(F40PH)
Views:  296   Comments: 0
Rolling to Richmond
Title:  Rolling to Richmond
Description:  And beyond, in this case, ifi I recall, to tidewater.
Photo Date:  6/24/1986  Upload Date: 11/30/2014 2:25:22 AM
Location:  Woodbridge, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 269(F40PHR)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
Palmetto
Title:  Palmetto
Description:  Amtraks Palmetto is on its last lap into Alexandria and DC as it rolls through Woodbridge VA on the RF&P.
Photo Date:  6/24/1986  Upload Date: 11/24/2014 11:43:21 PM
Location:  Woodbridge, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 272(F40PH)
Views:  255   Comments: 0
Palmetto
Title:  Palmetto
Description:  The Palmetto had an early departure from New York, putting it in the DC area mid day. Here we see it in a panoramic view of the Alexandriia rail scene, passing the station that served, at one time, Southern. RF&P and C&O. Their freight traffic passed on the outside tracks, which it still does, though now NS and CSX. To the right, the newly built(at the time) Washington Metros King St station is in service.
Photo Date:  6/24/1986  Upload Date: 11/27/2014 4:13:46 AM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 277(F40PH)
Views:  429   Comments: 0
Auto Train
Title:  Auto Train
Description:  One of the more interesting Amtrak operations was the Auto Train. They took over the failed train after Auto Train Corp went under. It was a chance to see Amtraks name on the side of freight equipment-they had a fleet of auto racks-and also some of Amtraks most unusual power, their fleet of GE P30CHs, known affectionately as "pooches." Heres a pair southbound out of Lorton.
Photo Date:  6/24/1986  Upload Date: 11/30/2014 2:29:18 AM
Location:  Woodbridge, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 722(P30CH) AMTK 702(P30CH)
Views:  438   Comments: 0
Niagara bound
Title:  Niagara bound
Description:  The Empire State Express makes its Utica stop behind the typical F40
Photo Date:  7/1/1986  Upload Date: 12/2/2014 3:11:36 AM
Location:  Utica, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 340(F40PH)
Views:  327   Comments: 0
Maple Leaf
Title:  Maple Leaf
Description:  The Maple Leaf left Toronto in the morning, now in the late afternoon still has 238 miles remaining on its journey across New York. Looks like someone forgot to close the number board on the fireman's side, perhaps after changing a bulb.
Photo Date:  7/1/1986  Upload Date: 12/2/2014 3:13:16 AM
Location:  Utica, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 342(F40PH)
Views:  385   Comments: 0
Going to Canada
Title:  Going to Canada
Description:  The westbound Maple Leaf makes its Utica stop, and will shortly be on its way to Buffalo and Toronto
Photo Date:  7/1/1986  Upload Date: 12/2/2014 3:15:05 AM
Location:  Utica, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 343(F40PH)
Views:  492   Comments: 0
Reflections
Title:  Reflections
Description:  Amtrak FL 9 reflects in the platform shelter at Coroton Harmon as it pulls in with an Albany train headed to Grand Central.
Photo Date:  7/22/1986  Upload Date: 12/3/2014 3:31:25 AM
Location:  Harmon, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 485(FL9)
Views:  324   Comments: 0
FL 9
Title:  FL 9
Description:  One of Amtraks few FL 9s rolls along the Hudson with the Adirondack, seen from Bear Mountain State Park across the river. I have no idea on the EL crane, which was on a barge at the end of the Bear Mountain pier.
Photo Date:  7/22/1986  Upload Date: 12/2/2014 3:20:23 AM
Location:  Manitou, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  73   Comments: 0
Last stop in NY
Title:  Last stop in NY
Description:  Amtraks Adirondack stops at the D&H station in Rouses Point, and will shortly head for Canada Customs on its last lap into Montreal.
Photo Date:  8/25/1986  Upload Date: 12/9/2014 1:36:16 AM
Location:  Rouses Point, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 161(Turboliner)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
Headed for the border
Title:  Headed for the border
Description:  The Adirondack has made its Rouses Point stop and is now slowly making its way to the Canadian border.
Photo Date:  8/25/1986  Upload Date: 12/9/2014 1:44:50 AM
Location:  Rouses Point, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 161(Turboliner)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
Pulling away
Title:  Pulling away
Description:  The Adirondack pulls away from Rouses Point station will shortly be at the Canadian border. Note the Guilford unit to the far left of the photo.
Photo Date:  8/25/1986  Upload Date: 12/9/2014 1:48:13 AM
Location:  Rouses Point, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 163(Turboliner)
Views:  295   Comments: 0
Palmetto north
Title:  Palmetto north
Description:  The northbound Palmetto rolls past Collier yard en route to its next stop at Petersburg.
Photo Date:  9/14/1986  Upload Date: 12/12/2014 1:23:57 AM
Location:  Petersburg, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 255(F40PHR)
Views:  391   Comments: 0
Palmetto south
Title:  Palmetto south
Description:  The southbound Palmetto blows past North Collier on its way to Rocky Mount and Savannah.
Photo Date:  9/14/1986  Upload Date: 12/12/2014 1:01:42 AM
Location:  Petersburg, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 268(F40PHR)
Views:  280   Comments: 0
Silver Star
Title:  Silver Star
Description:  The northbound Silver Star makes its appearance at N Collier, and will shortly stop at Petersburg.
Photo Date:  9/14/1986  Upload Date: 12/12/2014 1:14:50 AM
Location:  Petersburg, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 379(F40PHR)
Views:  219   Comments: 0
Silver Star
Title:  Silver Star
Description:  The southbound Silver Star makes an appearance just as the light goes.
Photo Date:  9/14/1986  Upload Date: 12/13/2014 4:06:50 AM
Location:  Collier Yard, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 384(F40PHR)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
Auto train
Title:  Auto train
Description:  A pair of Pooches lead the auto train south approaching Collier Yard as the light fades.
Photo Date:  9/14/1986  Upload Date: 12/13/2014 4:13:52 AM
Location:  Collier Yard, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 705(P30CH) AMTK 703(P30CH)
Views:  406   Comments: 0
Auto train racks on the rear
Title:  Auto train racks on the rear
Description:  Amtraks Auto Train pulls away as it heads south, passing through Collier Yard near Petersburg VA as a couple of local fans watch the action.
Photo Date:  9/14/1986  Upload Date: 10/22/2011 2:46:22 AM
Location:  Collier Yard, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  901   Comments: 1
Auto Train passes Collier Yard
Title:  Auto Train passes Collier Yard
Description:  Amtraks Auto Train behind "pooches" passes the former SCL Collier Yard en route south
Photo Date:  9/14/1986  Upload Date: 7/20/2011 2:13:23 AM
Location:  Petersburg, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 705(P30CH) AMTK 703(P30CH)
Views:  495   Comments: 0
Westbound down the middle
Title:  Westbound down the middle
Description:  A New York bound Amtrak train rolls down the inside track as it passes the commuters boarding at Larchmont.
Photo Date:  11/12/1986  Upload Date: 12/22/2014 2:54:52 AM
Location:  Larchmont, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 903(AEM7)
Views:  1323   Comments: 1
Early in the morning
Title:  Early in the morning
Description:  A westbound train from Boston is on its way to a rush hour arrival at Penn Station as it blasts through Larchmont past a platform of waiting commuters.
Photo Date:  11/12/1986  Upload Date: 12/20/2014 4:12:59 AM
Location:  Larchmont, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 918(AEM7)
Views:  309   Comments: 0
Racing down the middle
Title:  Racing down the middle
Description:  The center tracks were used in both directions, as this photo shows. An Amtrak train bound for Penn Station rolls on the eastbound express track through Larchmont. Judging by what look like baggage cars back in the train, this may be either 11 or 15, the Boston mail trains.
Photo Date:  11/12/1986  Upload Date: 12/20/2014 4:15:02 AM
Location:  Larchmont, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 921(AEM7)
Views:  328   Comments: 0
Rolling for New Haven
Title:  Rolling for New Haven
Description:  There will be an engine change there to an F 40, and then off to Boston.
Photo Date:  11/12/1986  Upload Date: 12/20/2014 4:16:26 AM
Location:  Larchmont, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 930(AEM7) MNCR 8556(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  386   Comments: 0
Rolling for New Haven
Title:  Rolling for New Haven
Description:  When this AEM 7 reaches New Haven, it will swap for an F 40 as the train heads on to Boston
Photo Date:  11/12/1986  Upload Date: 12/22/2014 2:58:20 AM
Location:  Larchmont, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 946(AEM7)
Views:  368   Comments: 0


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