On January 29, 1988, month-old SEPTA AEM7 2303 leads a Philadelphia-bound R5 express out of North Wales, Pennsylvania.

Early AEM-7 action, at one of the bottlenecks on the NEC, where three tracks narrow to two, to cross the Bush River.

In its first full month of service SEPTA AEM7 2304 pulls a Lansdale-bound train into North Wales, Pennsylvania. The Reading triangular signal and the cast-iron whistle post are now long-gone.

Consecutive Toasters Not all that long ago AEM-7s were dominant on the NEC, and two consecutive units were side-by-side in the Ivy City shops. Fast forward a few years and they're almost e... (more)

Working in MARC service for now.

Farewell...Just over a year ago, the scrapping of the first Amtrak AEM-7s commenced. With the last few active units having little time left on the road, Amtrak has announced a "Farewe... (more)

AEM-7 no. 937 and a sister AEM-7 lead a northbound Regional beneath the Bridge Street overpass in Metuchen.

A pair of sequentially numbered Amtrak AEM-7's

A pair of "Toasters" captured at the retro-styled Newark International Airport station on a beautiful afternoon back in November of 2014. O... (more)

Early AEM-7 action, with the 901 South leading four Maryland DOT cars and one Amfleet car past the now-gone northbound shelter at Perryville. No. 901 was built by EMD in April, 1980, and was rebu... (more)

Morning fog lifts as the sun comes out.

Toasters on Amtrak are an extremely rare sight these days. Back in January, I caught this one on its way to couple up to a through train.

Amtrak AEM-7 #940 leads a long distance train over freshly fallen snow westbound through Princeton Junction.

An Amtrak train, powered by AEM-7 939 (with mismatched numberboards), is seen at Washington DC's Union Station on October 11th, 1986.

Looking Down the Barrel of the NEC

Amtrak fires off an AEM-7 round down the barrel of the NEC. AEM-7's were becoming scarce by mid-January, in 2016, as Amtrak was in the process of swit... (more)

Amtrak Keystone train 650 approaches Irishtown Road on its way east to Philadelphia and New York City. This picture, taken in 2011 (but feels like yesterday), is an example of how quickly thing... (more)