Something very old and something newer.

AMTK717GB_160305

AMTRAK’S ‘EMPIRE SERVICE’ train 281, the 10.20 New York to Niagra Falls, powers away from the station at Utica, NY., on March 16th, 2005, behind General Electric-built dual-power P32AC-DM No. AMTK 717. There is still snow on the ground, which highlights the bitterly cold conditions that the photograph was taken in.

JRWX117GB_261005

Elderly SW1 No. JRWX 117 was photographed at the CSX/NS exchange sidings at Charlotte, North Carolina, on October 26th, 2005, in transit from its former owner, the Laurinburg & Southern (owned by the Gulf & Ohio) to Cornelia, Georgia. The stenciled JRWX reporting marks belong to Johnson Railway Services.