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By:Tom Beckett
Dates:6/1/1976 - 12/29/2014
Album Info:Amtrak trains systemwide.
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Virginia bound
Title:  Virginia bound
Description:  Train 95 makes its stop at Wilmington
Photo Date:  7/22/1995  Upload Date: 8/14/2014 2:20:30 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 944(AEM7)
Views:  286   Comments: 0
Eastbound in early snow
Title:  Eastbound in early snow
Description:  Its November and the snow has already started as this eastbound approaches Syracuse.
Photo Date:  11/10/1995  Upload Date: 5/15/2014 3:34:25 AM
Location:  Memphis, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 203(F40PH)
Views:  394   Comments: 0
Zephyr rolls east
Title:  Zephyr rolls east
Description:  An Illinois Zephyr kicks up the snow behind an F40 on the last lap to Chicago.
Photo Date:  1/6/1996  Upload Date: 7/31/2014 2:39:29 AM
Location:  Berwyn, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 361(F40PHR)
Views:  252   Comments: 0
Pepsi cans
Title:  Pepsi cans
Description:  A pair of B32-8s roll through Berwyn with the Cal Zephyr. The paint job on these units was referred to as a "Pepsi can" due to the red white and blue that resembled the colors on the can.
Photo Date:  1/6/1996  Upload Date: 6/22/2014 3:28:56 AM
Location:  Berwyn, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 506(B32-8WH) AMTK 504(B32-8WH)
Views:  540   Comments: 0
Eastbound Chief
Title:  Eastbound Chief
Description:  Amtrak 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, rolls toward its Albuqerque stop and on to Chicago behind a trio of GEs
Photo Date:  2/11/1996  Upload Date: 8/4/2014 1:22:09 AM
Location:  Los Lunas, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 842(P40DC) AMTK 507(B32-8WH) AMTK 504(B32-8WH)
Views:  679   Comments: 0
Rolling for Buffalo
Title:  Rolling for Buffalo
Description:  It was still possible to see F40s on some trains in 1996. Today an Empire Service train is blessed with 216
Photo Date:  5/7/1996  Upload Date: 5/8/2014 2:45:59 AM
Location:  Port Byron, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 216(F40PH)
Views:  646   Comments: 0
Cal Zephyr
Title:  Cal Zephyr
Description:  Sometimes things went well, and I got to see some trains while working. This day I was making a delivery to the Budweiser distributor in Ottumwa-which was across the street from the BNSF ex Q main. Good timing-got to see #6 roll by with 19 cars while waiting for the dock.
Photo Date:  5/29/1996  Upload Date: 5/8/2014 2:44:21 AM
Location:  Ottumwa, IA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 393(F40PHR) AMTK 394(F40PHR) AMTK 301(F40PH)
Views:  685   Comments: 0
Almost  home
Title:  Almost home
Description:  A group of riders disembarks at Depew, on the east side of Buffalo. The train will be at the end of its run in less than an hour.
Photo Date:  6/20/1996  Upload Date: 5/8/2014 2:57:17 AM
Location:  Depew, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 709(P32AC-DM)
Views:  404   Comments: 0
By the locks
Title:  By the locks
Description:  Some of the locks on the NYS Barge Canal are within sight of the now CSX Chicago Line, no surprise as this is right along the Mohawk River for some miles between Schenectady and Utica. They are open to the public and are often a great place to watch the action. Today its Amrak 709 headed for Niagara Falls
Photo Date:  8/20/1996  Upload Date: 5/8/2014 2:53:17 AM
Location:  Cranesville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 709(P32AC-DM)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
Westbound on the Water Level Route
Title:  Westbound on the Water Level Route
Description:  A westbound Amtrak train for Niagara Falls splits the signals at Memphis
Photo Date:  6/21/1997  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 3:13:00 AM
Location:  Memphis, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 265(F40PHR)
Views:  247   Comments: 0
Amtrak 815 leads on the ex Pennsy
Title:  Amtrak 815 leads on the ex Pennsy
Description:  What I'm guessing is the City of New Orleans rolls past the CR pig yard in Chicago on its last lap into Union Station
Photo Date:  6/5/1999  Upload Date: 3/3/2014 12:02:08 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 815(P40DC)
Views:  442   Comments: 0
Pepsi can
Title:  Pepsi can
Description:  An Amtrak St Louis train rolls north along I 55 in one of those "Hold up the camera and pray" shots of one of the red, white and blue GE's dubbed "Pepsi cans"
Photo Date:  6/7/1999  Upload Date: 3/3/2014 12:03:15 AM
Location:  Bloomington, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 507(B32-8WH)
Views:  467   Comments: 0
Sunset at mid day
Title:  Sunset at mid day
Description:  In June 1999 I did a round trip from Laredo to El Paso and back. On the trip out I came across the Sunset near Sanederson
Photo Date:  6/15/1999  Upload Date: 3/3/2014 12:37:46 AM
Location:  Sanderson, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 840(P40DC) AMTK 832(P40DC)
Views:  406   Comments: 0
Westbound at Willis
Title:  Westbound at Willis
Description:  A westbound Empire Service train leaves Syracuse behind as it rolls through CP 293 behind a NY only P32DM
Photo Date:  7/19/1999  Upload Date: 3/2/2014 11:57:45 PM
Location:  SYRACUSE (CP293), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 705(P32AC-DM)
Views:  242   Comments: 0
Double headed
Title:  Double headed
Description:  The train that usually gets multiple units is the Lake Shore. Occasionally one of the Empire Service trains will get a second unit, such as this one.
Photo Date:  9/11/1999  Upload Date: 2/23/2014 4:38:05 AM
Location:  SYRACUSE (CP293), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 203(F40PH) AMTK 414(F40PH)
Views:  571   Comments: 0
Missouri Mule
Title:  Missouri Mule
Description:  One of the St Louis trains rolls north toward Chicago as seen from I 55 in a hold up the camera and pray shot.
Photo Date:  3/16/2000  Upload Date: 2/17/2014 1:28:42 AM
Location:  Bloomington, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 51(P42DC)
Views:  393   Comments: 0
Illini
Title:  Illini
Description:  One of the Carbondale trains makes its stop at Centralia
Photo Date:  4/9/2000  Upload Date: 2/17/2014 1:33:20 AM
Location:  Centralia, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 19(P42DC)
Views:  507   Comments: 0
Empire train
Title:  Empire train
Description:  One of the Empire Service trains appraches Willis Av on its way to Niagara Falls
Photo Date:  8/3/2000  Upload Date: 1/23/2014 1:43:38 AM
Location:  Syracuse, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 708(P32AC-DM)
Views:  264   Comments: 0
Lake Shore
Title:  Lake Shore
Description:  Or more likely, the Late Shore. The train should have been passing this point around 8 AM, this was obviously taken much later in the day.
Photo Date:  8/3/2000  Upload Date: 1/23/2014 1:40:51 AM
Location:  Syracuse, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 76(P42DC) AMTK 387(F40PHR)
Views:  705   Comments: 0
Lucky 13
Title:  Lucky 13
Description:  The westbound Sunset Limited rolls through the sagebrush between Alpine and El Paso
Photo Date:  1/27/2001  Upload Date: 7/15/2012 2:26:18 AM
Location:  Sierra Blanca, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 13(P42DC) AMTK 836(P40DC)
Views:  588   Comments: 0
Ready for pick up.
Title:  Ready for pick up.
Description:  Three Amtrak California units are ready for NS to pick up at Alstom in Hornell NY.
Photo Date:  7/15/2001  Upload Date: 10/27/2013 2:44:47 AM
Location:  Hornell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 2012(JT42BW) AMTK 2011(JT42BW)
Views:  1591   Comments: 2
Amtrak 268 east
Title:  Amtrak 268 east
Description:  Amtrak 268 leads an eastbound past the old Blue Circle Cement plant at CP 293 on the Syracuse/Solvay border.
Photo Date:  7/29/2001  Upload Date: 12/13/2013 1:18:25 AM
Location:  Syracuse, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 268(F40PHR)
Views:  222   Comments: 0
Lake Shore late again
Title:  Lake Shore late again
Description:  A late Lake Shore Limited rolls through CP 293 approaching its stop in Syracuse, where it will arrive in less than three minutes.
Photo Date:  4/14/2002  Upload Date: 10/12/2013 11:47:29 PM
Location:  Syracuse, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 92(P42DC) AMTK 50(P42DC)
Views:  769   Comments: 0
Amtrak 703
Title:  Amtrak 703
Description:  Amtrak 703 leads a westbound at Cranesville NY, seen from the NY State Barge Canal Lock 10.
Photo Date:  5/26/2002  Upload Date: 9/21/2013 3:45:36 AM
Location:  Cranesville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 703(P32AC-DM)
Views:  241   Comments: 0
Broadway on the bridge
Title:  Broadway on the bridge
Description:  Amtraks Broadway Limited crosses the Rockville Bridge as it approaches Harrisburg.
Photo Date:  6/2/2002  Upload Date: 10/5/2013 11:39:17 PM
Location:  Marysville, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 188(P42DC) AMTK 58(P42DC)
Views:  564   Comments: 0
Empire Service
Title:  Empire Service
Description:  Amtrak Empire Service is represented at Solvay with a P40 and six cars passing he old Blue Circle Cement plant. It will make its Syracuse stop in about three minutes.
Photo Date:  7/14/2002  Upload Date: 9/28/2013 2:36:57 AM
Location:  Syracuse, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 831(P40DC)
Views:  289   Comments: 1
Dual mode south
Title:  Dual mode south
Description:  An Empire Service train rolls south along the Hudson behind one of Amtraks dual mode units, capable of running on third rail power into Penn Station.
Photo Date:  10/19/2003  Upload Date: 10/25/2017 5:23:25 AM
Location:  Manitou, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  56   Comments: 0
Very Late Shore
Title:  Very Late Shore
Description:  Train 48, the Lake Shore Limited, usually an early afternoon showing here, is a good three hours deep as it passes on the east side of the river.
Photo Date:  10/19/2003  Upload Date: 10/25/2017 5:26:36 AM
Location:  Manitou, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  49   Comments: 0
Maple Leaf
Title:  Maple Leaf
Description:  GEs now hold sway where once legions of F 40s ruled. Train 63, the Maple Leaf to Toronto, arrives at Utica.
Photo Date:  5/12/2004  Upload Date: 10/26/2017 5:05:55 AM
Location:  Utica, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 110(P42DC)
Views:  234   Comments: 0
GE past an old Central tower
Title:  GE past an old Central tower
Description:  Train 281 passes Signal Station 30(the number on the side of the tower) just east of Utica station as it slows for its stop there. It will be in Niagara Falls in about five hours. Note the MA&N plow at far left.
Photo Date:  5/12/2004  Upload Date: 6/1/2017 3:55:14 AM
Location:  Utica, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 708(P32AC-DM)
Views:  186   Comments: 0
Lake Shore
Title:  Lake Shore
Description:  Train 48-actually, 48/448 here, the Boston section will split at Albany-makes its stop at Utica with a pair of GEs in charge.
Photo Date:  5/12/2004  Upload Date: 10/26/2017 5:02:52 AM
Location:  Utica, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 98(P42DC) AMTK 73(P42DC)
Views:  512   Comments: 0
Maple Leaf
Title:  Maple Leaf
Description:  Amtraks Maple Leaf is in full cry for Toronto as it blows through Weedsport with a typical five car consist.
Photo Date:  5/19/2004  Upload Date: 9/18/2017 4:41:52 AM
Location:  Weedsport, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 110(P42DC)
Views:  291   Comments: 2
Hope they brought the Tim Hortons
Title:  Hope they brought the Tim Hortons
Description:  The eastbound Maple Leaf rolls through CP 285, and will shortly pass Dewitt Yard, then get up to speed for its next stop at Utica.
Photo Date:  5/19/2004  Upload Date: 9/18/2017 4:44:03 AM
Location:  Syracuse (CP285), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 823(P40DC)
Views:  214   Comments: 1
Headed for Niagara
Title:  Headed for Niagara
Description:  Amtrak train 287 will shortly be at the new transportaion center near Carousel Mall on its way to Niagar Falls. Here it passes CP 285 just west of Dewitt yard.
Photo Date:  5/19/2004  Upload Date: 1/6/2013 2:54:20 AM
Location:  Syracuse, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 708(P32AC-DM)
Views:  257   Comments: 0
Amtrak 711
Title:  Amtrak 711
Description:  Amtrak 711 leads 5 cars of train 286 east at Weedsport
Photo Date:  7/29/2004  Upload Date: 12/7/2012 1:24:55 AM
Location:  Weedsport, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 711(P32AC-DM)
Views:  333   Comments: 0
Pretty ride
Title:  Pretty ride
Description:  An Acela skirts one of the bays along Long Island Sound on its way to New York.
Photo Date:  10/12/2004  Upload Date: 6/11/2017 4:54:59 AM
Location:  Niantic, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  71   Comments: 0
Amfleet to Boston
Title:  Amfleet to Boston
Description:  An AEM 7 rolls a Boston bound train through Niantic.
Photo Date:  10/12/2004  Upload Date: 6/11/2017 5:01:10 AM
Location:  Niantic, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  80   Comments: 0
Thames River
Title:  Thames River
Description:  An Amtrak train rolls across the Thames River in New London on its way to Boston.
Photo Date:  10/12/2004  Upload Date: 6/11/2017 5:02:21 AM
Location:  Niantic, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 605(ACS-64)
Views:  232   Comments: 1
Acela under the wires
Title:  Acela under the wires
Description:  Boston electrification allowed electric to run the entire length of the Northeast Corridor. Here we see an Acela headed for Boston at a place where New Haven I 5s and DL 109s once trod
Photo Date:  10/12/2004  Upload Date: 9/13/2012 5:09:06 PM
Location:  New London, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 2011(Acela Power Car)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
Eastbound in the snow
Title:  Eastbound in the snow
Description:  Amtrak 705 leads 5 cars of train 282 toward Syracuse in a winter wonderland.
Photo Date:  2/6/2005  Upload Date: 11/19/2012 12:57:14 AM
Location:  Weedsport, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 705(P32AC-DM)
Views:  347   Comments: 0
Amtrak 707 west
Title:  Amtrak 707 west
Description:  Amtrak 707 leads train 287 toward Buffalo in familiar surroundings for upstate NY in Frebruary.
Photo Date:  2/6/2005  Upload Date: 11/19/2012 12:59:00 AM
Location:  Weedsport, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 707(P32AC-DM)
Views:  258   Comments: 1
Niagara bound
Title:  Niagara bound
Description:  This westbound approaches the overpass at Weedsport. I didnt get a train number, but judging by the time of day, its likely the Maple Leaf.
Photo Date:  4/2/2006  Upload Date: 5/22/2018 5:16:13 AM
Location:  Weedsport, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 706(P32AC-DM)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
Empire service train
Title:  Empire service train
Description:  Eastbound Empire Service train 284 rolls into Weedsport en route to its next stop in Syracuse
Photo Date:  4/2/2006  Upload Date: 11/4/2012 12:38:16 AM
Location:  Weedsport, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 717(P32AC-DM)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
Lake Shore
Title:  Lake Shore
Description:  The Lake Shore Limited, behind a pair of GEs, is about 25 minutes out of Syracuse on the ex NY Central.
Photo Date:  4/2/2006  Upload Date: 11/4/2012 12:43:24 AM
Location:  Weedsport, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 194(P42DC) AMTK 206(P42DC)
Views:  540   Comments: 0
Southwest Chief
Title:  Southwest Chief
Description:  The Southwest Chief heads east from La Plata Mo
Photo Date:  5/2/2010  Upload Date: 1/23/2011 8:52:30 PM
Location:  La Plata, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 89(P42DC) AMTK 68(P42DC)
Views:  231   Comments: 0
Hustle pays
Title:  Hustle pays
Description:  We had just gotten off this train, Amtrak 6, at Osceola. We tossed our stuff in the car and took off, setting up on the US 34 overpass east of town, which yielded this shot. We were about 60 seconds ahead of the train. Too bad about the pole!!
Photo Date:  9/3/2012  Upload Date: 9/6/2012 10:28:11 PM
Location:  Osceola, IA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 55(P42DC) AMTK 154(P42DC)
Views:  334   Comments: 2
Turning
Title:  Turning
Description:  One of the Amtrak Missouri River Runner trains has dropped its passengers at KC Union Station and is now turning the train for the departure to St Louis, making its back up move through Santa Fe Jct to return to Union Station
Photo Date:  10/18/2014  Upload Date: 11/5/2014 2:07:19 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 59(P42DC)
Views:  156   Comments: 2
Pulling around
Title:  Pulling around
Description:  Amtraks Missouri River Runner comes around the connection at Santa Fe Jct as it turns its train to return to St Louis.
Photo Date:  10/18/2014  Upload Date: 11/5/2014 2:10:58 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 59(P42DC) AMTK 59(P42DC)
Views:  124   Comments: 1
Oak Grove
Title:  Oak Grove
Description:  Amtrak California car Oak Grove on train 714.
Photo Date:  3/31/2015  Upload Date: 9/1/2018 5:44:55 AM
Location:  Stockton, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  164   Comments: 1
Amtrak California San Gabriel River
Title:  Amtrak California San Gabriel River
Description:  Amtrak California has their own equipment. This car was on train 714.
Photo Date:  3/31/2015  Upload Date: 9/1/2018 5:29:36 AM
Location:  Stockton, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  96   Comments: 1


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