Past, Present, Future

Morristown & Erie Parlor-Observation 2006 Alexander Hamilton, nee Pennsylvania Railroad 7129, brings up the markers on Amtrak train 43 (NS 07T) more)

With one of the former Metroliner Cab Control cars in the lead, Amtrak Keystone Train # 667 hustles through Metuchen doing about 79 mph. This is my very first iphone photograph accepted to railpic... (more)

A few passengers board an early afternoon local to Center City Philadelphia at Lansdale's Pennbrook station.

On somewhat rare, rainy day on the central coast, Amtrak 1790 waits patiently at the ex-Southern Pacific, San Luis Obispo station as mist continues to roll over the hills in the background. Specia... (more)

Bringing up the rear of today's northbound Coast Starlight as it crosses the 1894-bult, 930-foot long Stenner Creek Trestle is the ex-Canadian National rear-observation car "Burrard."

A bit of Pennsylvania Railroad history brings up the rear of Amtrak's Pennsylvanian- the Morristown & Erie RR's parlor-observation car No. 2006. Originally built as PRR No. 7129 "Alexander H... (more)

Canadian Pacific was still handling passengers between Esquimalt, near Victoria, and Nanaimo, BC on Vancouver Island when I made my first visit in May 1975. I only had time to capture this one pho... (more)

Philadelphia-bound local makes a stop at the Gwynedd Valley station which also houses Bocelli's Restaurant.

CN 1501, a track geometry car rushes East through Davison.

New York City Transit's type R42 subway cars are the second oldest on the fleet, having been built by the St.Louis Car Company in 1969-70. Fifty of them remain in service. Framed by the steel gird... (more)

An inbound J train meets an outbound M train in the 'tunnel' of steel girders that carry the tracks of the BMT Jamaica Line through the center of the Williamsburg Bridge, linking Manhattan and Bro... (more)

Grand Central-New Haven local departs South Norwalk bound for Westport and points east.

An Amtrak Empire Service train cruises along the Hudson on its way North as viewed from high atop Bear Mountain among some stunning fall foliage.

Westbound Amtrak catches the evening light through Mexico