First Class. Just after midnight on March 3, 2023, AMTK 9800 (née-Penn Central 863, Budd, 1967) arrived in New York Penn Station in New York, NY on an Amtrak sports charter. This car was o... (more)

"Metro-North Meets Long Island at NYP"

On the evening of February 27th, 2022, Amtrak Extra 847 was tasked with towing six Metro-North/ CDOT Kawasaki M8 railcars from New Haven to Long... (more)

"Penn Station Access Preview"

On the evening of February 27th, 2022, Amtrak Extra 847 was tasked with towing six Metro-North/ CDOT Kawasaki M8 railcars from New Haven to Long Island R... (more)

Last Move. On the night of Tuesday, February 14, 2023, Metropolitan Transportation Authority - MTA NYCT Subway moved a 7-car train of cars detained for scrap from 207 Street Yard to Concour... (more)

Subway 7 train is approaching 40th St Station on the express track just several minutes after sunset. There are visible parts of well-known skyscrapers in the background like Empire State, 30 Hud... (more)

East Cavern. On February 10, 2016, East Side Access was still a good number of years away from becoming Grand Central Madison. This area would become the tunnel for tracks 203/204 on the up... (more)

The West Side Yard (officially the John D. Caemmerer West Side Yard) is a rail yard of 30 tracks owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on the west side of Manhattan. Used to store com... (more)

Patch Unit At Sunrise. Connecticut DOT/MTA Metro-North Railroad 230 (P32AC-DM, New Haven Tribute) led Train 805 from Grand Central Terminal in New York, New York to Poughkeepsie, New York o... (more)

Triple Header Saturday. Amtrak Train 280 had AMTK 716 (P32AC-DM, Phase III), AMTK 107 (P42DC, Phase V) and AMTK 704 (P32AC-DM, Phase III) for power as it passed 125 Street in New York, New ... (more)

Midnight Blue Under The GWB. Amtrak 100 (P42DC, 50th Anniversary, Midnight Blue) is in a unique paint scheme that represents the "commitment of our employees moving people around the c... (more)

"Last Train on the First Day"

On the morning of January 25th, 2023 the Long Isalnd Rail Road finally opened Grand Central Madison to the public. The morning of the debut featured a ... (more)

First Train, First Day. It would be hard to tell exactly how long the planning for MTA LIRR East Side Access (ESA)/Grand Central Madison (GCM) has been ongoing, but it's safe to say it has ... (more)

Planned Cuts. During a scheduled outage at Amtrak's New York Penn Station on January 10, 2018, a track worker cuts a section of rail on Track 15 that will be removed as the entire roadbed w... (more)

First GE P32 On The First Lake Shore Limited Of The Year. On an unseasonably warm January 1, 2023, Amtrak Train 49 (lake Shore Limited) was a bit tardy departing New York Penn Station, but ... (more)

First Train Of The Year. Amtrak Train 63 (Maple Leaf) was the first Empire Service departure from New York Penn Station on January 1, 2023. A mechanical problem with P42DC 108 (50th Anniver... (more)