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    Amtrak Morning Chase

    03/08/14 Sunny, peaceful and warmer than usual I to walk to catch Saturday morning Amtrak's at Inwood Hill Park. Here I saw Empire Service 250 with a double header chasing a Metro North Express train along the Water Level route and onto Spuyten Duyvil curve before it turns onto the bridge. Enjoy!
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    New Haven line trains on the NEC

    02/07/14 The day of ACS-64's revenue run I also caught a few Metro North Express trains on the New Haven line at Mamaroneck. Most are Cosmopolitans. Enjoy!
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    CSX B749 from across the Harlem River

    03/04/14 At Sherman Creek Park on a crisp sunny afternoon, I heard CSX B749 coming down Metro North's Hudson Line at University Heights from across the Harlem River. It was led by two GP38-2's and pulling 7 Box Cars. Enjoy!
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    Amtrak: Tried again and voila!

    02/26/14 Another snowy morning so I went to catch my favorite Amtrak, Empire Service #233 at Inwood Hill Park. Along Broadway seemed to be the line between snow and sunshine so in was sunny/cloudy at the park but snowing all day over my house, weird! This time I attempted what I tried before...
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    Amtrak: Trying something new & it goes awry

    01/26/14 So someone told me once to take a pic of an approaching train before you film it so I tried that. I take a good pic of 717 but my camera is so slow to take it, start filming and retract the lens I completely butchered the beginning of this video! I did my best to save it :) Oh well you...
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    ACS-64 #600's Inaugural Revenue Run

    02/07/14 After getting a massive heads up I went to Mamaroneck, NY to catch Amtrak's New Sprinter ACS-64. The next generation of electric engines on the Northeast Corridor, #600 had its first revenue run on train 171. Soon these will be all you see on Amtrak non-Acela Express trains. Lots of...
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    CSX B750 w/ GP38 & GP40

    03/03/14 At University Heights waiting on Q704 and B750 shows up first. Lead by a GP38-2 it consists of a few box cars and oil tankers along with a GP40-2 on the rear. Enjoy!
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    LIRR pulls into Woodside

    02/27/14 Heading to my friends in Queens, caught LIRR train 420 to Broadway here is a short clip of it pulling in Woodside and passing a mainline train bound for Penn Station. Pair 7435 & 7436 were wrapped in "I Love NY" ads which were neat. Enjoy!
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    Four Different Electric engines on the NEC

    at Mamaroneck. Had the opportunity to catch all four electric engines on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, HHP-8, AEM-7, ACES-64, and Acela Express Power Car which is rare. Enjoy :o
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    Two Amtrak's in a Blizzard

    Was waiting on one and got two since the first was really late
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    Why the Lake Shore Limited is the best...

    train ever


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