Just dodging the first rays of light peaking over the surrounding hills, Amtrak’s Empire Service cruises south along the Hudson River towards New York City.
On its northbound trek up the Hudson River Valley, an intermodal hustles across the trestle at Iona Island and past the changing leaves basking in the early morning light.
In the shadow of the Bear Mountain bridge, two Conrail SD50's exit Fort Montgomery tunnel and cross Popolopen Creek, as they head down the River Line to New Jersey with a K-Line doublestack. By sp... (more)