It is Saturday April 20, 2013. Near sunset, Amtrak 98, the northbound Silver Meteor, arrives Savannah Georgia just 10 minutes or so tardy.

The majority of the photos on this page taken by Aeromoe during my April 20-21, 2013 trip from Savannah, Georgia to Providence, Rhode Island.

I was in Savannah for a two week work assignment. Following the assignment I rode Amtrak from Savannah to Providence to visit my Dad in Southern Massachussetts.

Savannah is served by several Amtrak trains daily. I chose the evening Northbound departure so I would arrive Providence at a decent hour in the afternoon of the next day. This meant the first half of the trip would be made in darkness but I was OK with that. Based on the timetable, sunrise would occur sometime before arriving Washington D.C. the next morning. There should be plenty of interesting things to see (trains and otherwise) during the daytime portion of the trip.

Prior to departure on April 20th, I had visited the station several times. The first set of photos below is from those visits.

Savannah Amtrak Station 7 April 2013	Parked at the station 7 April 2013	Peeked out for a moment 7 April 2013
N/B #98 Silver Meteor 12 April 2013	N/B #98 Silver Meteor 12 April 2013	N/B #98 Silver Meteor 12 April 2013	N/B #98 Silver Meteor 12 April 2013
CSX 1222 and 2 NS cars Interchange job 20 April 2013	CSX 1222 and 2 NS cars Interchange job 20 April 2013	CSX 1205 and a train Interchange job 20 April 2013	Maryland Midland 201 Interchange job 20 April 2013	Maryland Midland 201 Interchange job 20 April 2013	Maryland Midland 201 Interchange job 20 April 2013

After taking the photos on the 20th, I went back to the hotel and got the rental car and went back to the airport for a little while to watch some more planes. Then one of my co-workers was kind enough to take me back to Amtrak so I could wait for my train. Thanks Lewis!

N/B intermodal 20 April 2013	N/B intermodal 20 April 2013	N/B intermodal 20 April 2013
#98 arrives Savannah 20 April 2013	2nd loco: Amtrak 7 20 April 2013	Baggage car #1162 20 April 2013	Viewliner sleepers 20 April 2013	Coach chair cars 20 April 2013
Junction just north of station 20 April 2013	Stopped for emergency Charleston, NC 20 April 2013	Stopped for emergency Charleston, NC 20 April 2013

About two hours after leaving Savannah and just shy of Charleston, North Carolina's Amtrak station, we stopped for some sort of emergency...probably for less than an hour. Those of us on the east side of the train could see alot of emergency vehicles. I witnessed a gaggle of uniformed men walking past our car with flashlights pointed under our car...probably just routine inspection. Amtrak never made any announcement that we heard and my car mates were chatting about various scenarios. In the end we started rolling and soon the Charleston Amtrak station flashed by. Then we stopped after about five minutes. Then we reversed back to the station for the station stop. We never did find out exactly what the emergency was. After our quick Charleston stop the trip was pretty uneventful and we made up most of the lost time enroute to New York.

Ashland, VA "Street Running" of sorts. 21 April 2013	Ashland, VA "Street Running" of sorts. 21 April 2013	Ashland, VA "Street Running" of sorts. 21 April 2013	Steamy swamp 21 April 2013	Sunrise about 06:33AM EDT 21 April 2013	Neat sign onboard 21 April 2013
Autotrain facility Lorton, VA 21 April 2013	Autotrain facility Lorton, VA 21 April 2013	Autotrain facility Lorton, VA 21 April 2013	"Metro" shops Alexandria, VA 21 April 2013	"Metro" shops Alexandria, VA 21 April 2013	Train Status Board Alexandria, VA 21 April 2013

Sunrise was around 0630am when we were well south of the Washington D.C. area. Ater taking a number of seats "into the sun" I got out of my east side seat and stood in the vestibule on the west side of the train so I could have better lighting for some photos. Before long I snapped a photo of the entrance to the Autotrain facility at Lorton, Virginia and as we passed it I got some photos of the unique autoracks and one Amtrak Dash8. I've never seen this facility or an Autotrain on the rails so it was cool to get a passing glimpse.

In Washington D.C. we stopped for the station stop and the swap of the locomotives from DC traction to overhead catenary. I decided to leave the train for some platform photos and I was just in time to see them backing Amtrak HHP-8 #660 toward our train. Very cool...another HHP-8. I was hoping for a "toaster" AEM-7 but I'm not picky. I managed to get some photos of the HHP-8 as well as some other Amtrak locos around the platform area. Being early Sunday morning, it was pretty quiet.

Washington-Reagan Airport Washington D.C. 21 April 2013	Frontier ERJ-190 (N169HQ) Washington D.C. 21 April 2013	Airport highway Washington D.C. 21 April 2013	Jefferson Memorial Washington D.C. 21 April 2013	Washington Monument Washington D.C. 21 April 2013	Highway Washington D.C. 21 April 2013
U.S. Capitol Washington D.C. 21 April 2013	Coming out of the tunnel Washington D.C. 21 April 2013	Amtrak Acela Express Washington D.C. 21 April 2013	P42DCs #136 & #145 Washington D.C. 21 April 2013	AEM-7 #927 Washington D.C. 21 April 2013	HHP-8 #660 Washington D.C. 21 April 2013
HHP-8 #660 Washington D.C. 21 April 2013	HHP-8 #660 Washington D.C. 21 April 2013	SW1001 #569 Washington D.C. 21 April 2013	SW1 #737 Washington D.C. 21 April 2013	SW1001 #569 / AEM-7 #914 Washington D.C. 21 April 2013	Acela trainsets Washington D.C. 21 April 2013