Their corridor trips up from New Haven completed, leased Bombardier LRC locomotive 39 and Amtrak F40PH 208 compare profiles at Boston's South Station. The F40s had a long life with Amtrak, the LRC... (more)
During Amtrak's 1981-82 evaluation of Bombardier LRC equipment, the squat little LRC locomotive and two cars making up Boston-New Haven semi-local train 153, the Beacon Hill, pause at Providence, ... (more)
Amtrak's Coast Starlight makes good time in south Seattle on BN's mainline to Portland as it glides through S curves just north of Black River Jct. in October 1974. At this time the train was pret... (more)