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Viewing Album:  Amtrak's Berkshire Flyer at the State Line Tunnel
 
By:Bob Krug
Dates:7/16/2023 - 7/16/2023
Album Info:The Berkshire Flyer is a new seasonal service offered by Amtrak from New York City to Pittsfield, MA, departing on Friday afternoon, with a return trip - Pittsfield, MA to New York City on Sunday afternoon. It allows New Yorkers to spend a weekend in the scenic and culturally rich Berkshires of western Massachusetts. I set up to photograph the Berkshire Flyer at State Line Tunnel in Canaan, NY. The Sunday train originates at Albany Rensselaer, NY and starts with a deadhead move eastbound to Pittsfield to support the 3:00 p.m. Sunday departure. The Berkshire Flyer then heads back to Albany Rensselaer, and from there heads south along the Hudson River Empire Service Corridor to the city. Since the Sunday / return train reverses direction at both Pittsfield and Albany Rensselaer, the 5-car train set is bracketed with locomotives at each end of the train. The eastbound Sunday deadhead move from Albany to Pittsfield is led by a dual-mode diesel electric locomotive in the 700 series, because it will ultimately power the train southbound out of Albany Rensselaer enroute to NY / Penn Station. The locomotive at the west end of the train set is a regular Amtrak diesel engine, but I had the good fortune to catch the unique and good-looking Midnight Blue unit - Amtrak #100 on the July 16th Berkshire Flyer. State Line tunnel, in Canaan, NY is a photogenic spot to catch the Berkshire Flyer - first as a deadhead / eastbound move, and then less than an hour later as a revenue / westbound move.
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AMTK 712 leads the deadhead move of the Berkshire Flyer out the east portal of the State Line Tunnel
Title:  AMTK 712 leads the deadhead move of the Berkshire Flyer out the east portal of the State Line Tunnel
Description:  Dual-mode (diesel and third rail electric) locomotive takes the Berkshire Flyer train set east from Albany-Rensselaer to Pittsfield, where the revenue run commences.
Photo Date:  7/16/2023  Upload Date: 7/18/2023 9:53:31 AM
Location:  Canaan - State Line Tunnel, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 712(P32AC-DM)
Views:  51   Comments: 1
AMTK 100 brackets the Berkshire Flyer on the west end of the train
Title:  AMTK 100 brackets the Berkshire Flyer on the west end of the train
Description:  The Berkshire Flyer has locomotives on each end because it reverses direction at both Pittsfield, MA and Albany Rensselaer, NY. It was my good fortune to see the eye-catching midnight blue unit on the Sunday, July 16th edition of the Berkshire Flyer. This is still the deadhead move east to Pittsfield
Photo Date:  7/16/2023  Upload Date: 7/18/2023 9:54:36 AM
Location:  Canaan - State Line Tunnel, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 100(P42DC)
Views:  63   Comments: 2
The 50th anniversary Midnight Blue unit leads the westbound / revenue run of the Berkshire Flyer out of State Line Tunnel
Title:  The 50th anniversary Midnight Blue unit leads the westbound / revenue run of the Berkshire Flyer out of State Line Tunnel
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Photo Date:  7/16/2023  Upload Date: 7/18/2023 9:54:07 AM
Location:  Canaan - State Line Tunnel, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 100(P42DC)
Views:  77   Comments: 2
Dual-mode locomotive makes an appearance in the Berkshires
Title:  Dual-mode locomotive makes an appearance in the Berkshires
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/16/2023  Upload Date: 7/18/2023 9:56:40 AM
Location:  Canaan - State Line Tunnel, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 712(P32AC-DM)
Views:  26   Comments: 1
To access the east portal, I walked through the abandoned original bore (ex-New York Central) of State Line Tunnel
Title:  To access the east portal, I walked through the abandoned original bore (ex-New York Central) of State Line Tunnel
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/16/2023  Upload Date: 7/18/2023 9:57:09 AM
Location:  Canaan - State Line Tunnel, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  34   Comments: 0
Bonus Train: CSX ran eastbound autoracks during the time while I was waiting for the westbound Berkshire Flyer
Title:  Bonus Train: CSX ran eastbound autoracks during the time while I was waiting for the westbound Berkshire Flyer
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/16/2023  Upload Date: 7/18/2023 9:55:40 AM
Location:  Canaan - State Line Tunnel, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 869(ES44AC-H)
Views:  28   Comments: 2
Plenty of overhead clearance
Title:  Plenty of overhead clearance
Description:  Tunnel was enlarged to accommodate double-stacks
Photo Date:  7/16/2023  Upload Date: 7/18/2023 9:56:11 AM
Location:  Canaan - State Line Tunnel, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  44   Comments: 1

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