In the winter of 1978 the MBTA was perennially short of power for its commuter trains and sometimes borrowed Amtrak RS3s to help out. Amtrak 100 teamed up with an MBTA GP9 on this Needham Branch t... (more)
As seen from the now-closed 138th Street station in the Bronx, a Penn Central Harlem Line train bound from Grand Central to Brewster crosses the big bridge over the Harlem River. A pair of ex-NH F... (more)
On the second day of 1971, Penn Central Harlem Line commuter trains meet at North White Plains station. The southbound Brewster-Grand Central run at the platform has the usual pair of FL9s, but th... (more)
For decades, an engine change at South Amboy, NJ, was a ritual for New York & Long Branch/North Jersey Coast Line trains headed to or from Penn Station. Once the crew conference is complete the Pe... (more)
By 1981, the former New Haven "Washboard" MUs of 1954 were just about extinct, but this set soldiered on. Seen at New Haven, CT, it was probably assigned to New Canaan Branch shuttle ser... (more)