Our Latest Amtrak Trip! Amtrak's Westbound 'Empire Builder', with AMTK 151 & 817 on the point, stands at Havre, MT, fuelled & ready for its haul over the Great Divide. This photo is from th... (more)

Amtrak P32BWH #507 on the point of the 'Coast Starlight', San Luis Obispo, CA. For more pics & videos from my collection see my website at http://northamericabyrail.info/ (New trips added)

Amtrak P42DC #54 leads the eastbound 'Maple Leaf' through Stuart Street Yard in Hamilton, ON. For more pics & videos from my collection see my website at http://northamericabyrail.info/

Amtrak Number 8, the eastbound Empire Builder, includes five extra private cars in the consist as it curves into Browning, Montana, on September 8, 1999. Three domes cars, including former Califor... (more)

Amtrak’s California Zephyr crosses McDonald Creek under the imposing cliff of Dodge’s Bluff just east of Utaline, Colorado, on June 13, 2009. This portion of this former Rio Grande route is al... (more)

On the incredibly pleasant autumn day of October 9, 1996, Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder crosses famous Two Medicine Bridge at East Glacier, Montana. Leading No. 8 this day are EMD F40PHs Nos... (more)

A New York-bound Amtrak passenger train led by FL9 No. 484 cruises along the Hudson River near Breakneck Ridge, New York, on May 23, 1993.

It's well after sunset and snow is beginning to fall on the evening of January 28, 2000. Amtrak No. 4, the Southwest Chief, leaves Wagon Mound, New Mexico in a dark cloud of snow. The mesa visible... (more)

Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr hustles through pouring rain along the Truckee River just west of Boca. Amtrak often used an ex-SP FP7 or SD40/45 as lead helper on this train, but not on this partic... (more)

Due to a derailment on the UP Overland Route in Wyoming, Amtrak detoured the San Francisco Zephyr via the Rio Grande between Salt Lake City and Denver. Here train #6 departs the D&RGW depot at Hel... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 glides eastward along D&RGW rails in Spanish Fork Canyon. 10,685 ft. Mt. Loafer (with remnants of a heavy winter snowpack) towers above the silver Superliner.

An Amtrak HHP-8 and consist compliment the skyline one cool Winter afternoon in Philadelphia. Despite all the snow in the NE, the window to capture a scene with a fresh blanket of snow and some s... (more)

With flaking paint and a hand-stenciled number board, Amtrak F40 #284 looks a little worse for wear as it leads the westbound California Zephyr thru Yuba Gap. The outside track has since been remo... (more)

Just before sundown, the Southwest Chief, essentially on time, rolls out of Raton Pass on approach to Trinidad, Colorado. Today's train features perfect weather, plus five private cars hea... (more)

Northbound Amtrak #14 - The Coast Starlight is running a couple of hours behind as it heads northbound along Klamath Lake on a clear morning in July. Only a couple of hours previous, passengers we... (more)