AMTK 710

That's the Rip Van Winkle bridge in the background

The buildings of downtown Albany loom in the distance

NYS&W train SY-1 is stopped at CP-290 in Syracuse as Amtrak train 287 overtakes us to cross over in front of us to get to the Amtrak station

At the Albany Station

Bound for New York

Taken from Amtrak, lineup in the yard.

Amtrak 283 with AMTK 710 arrives in Amsterdam after passing the automatic signals at QC-177.

AMTRAKS EMPIRE SERVICE TRAIN 64 ARRIVING AT BUFFALOS EXCHANGE STREET STATION

AMTRAKS EMPIRE SERVICE TRAIN 64 ARRIVING AT BUFFALOS EXCHANGE STREET STATION

AMTRAKS EMPIRE SERVICE TRAIN 64 ARRIVING AT BUFFALOS EXCHANGE STREET STATION

288 GETTING A LITTLE HELP, 710 WAS HAVING SOME ISSUES AND 514 WAS ADDED TO TAKE HER EAST.

Crossing the bridge at Stockport, NY

Amtrak 284 "Empire Service" is departing the Great New York State Fair after making a flag stop.

#287 westbound at Fonda passing 282. 287 is seen passing QC-186 and under AUTO-185. 185 was replaced by a bidirectional 186 just west of here in 2013.

At about three PM

With trains ready to head out

With a line up of trains waiting for departure

At Harlem 125th St

And the yard switcher

Heading south to New York

Taken from a train on the west shore line.

Milepost 99

One of the final detours into Grand Central.

Locomotives on both ends for service into Grand Central Terminal

Empire Service train 235 on Metro-North at Marble Hill

Empire Service train 235 on Metro-North at Marble Hill

trailing Empire Service train 236 on Metro-North at Marble Hill

Amtrak Empire Service Train #284 from Niagara Falls to New York City at Vandyne Spoor Road in Savannah, New York on June 3, 2017. (Pentax K-3)

Amtrak Empire Service Train #281 from New York City to Niagara Falls at Jordan, New York on April 8, 2017. (Pentax K-3)