Lucky #7 has a number board for the visually impaired while the 206 has the standard number board for the Phase V livery.

The V66, an Auto Train Superliner and Private Varnish "Cannon Ball" await to be removed from the station after being on display for National Train Day 2013. Photo taken with a 10mm lens.

The cab of the NS Veteran's unit is impressively clean.

NS and Amtrak employees dedicated thousands of hours to planning and making National Train Day in Washington DC happen. Finishing touches and final plans are carried out in the early morning hour... (more)

It's not every day you see Auto Train Superliners and a VRE MP36 in the upper level of Washington Union Station, but on National Train Day you can!

Hundreds of families and fans took the opportunity to ride Acela Express up to 125mph on the first ever Acela excursions operated for National Train Day out of Washington DC. What a great crowd a... (more)

Metroliner Conference Club Car 9800 is spotted in the station and ready for a charter run up the corridor as a VRE pulls out of town.

The 156 brightens up the terminal on a drizzly day.

A double header of MARC AEM-7s head north out of Washington Union Station

After a fast run down the NEC, 925 awaits its next assignment in Washington.

Another Amtrak oddity that could be found at Washington Union Station was the GP7, there were about 16 of these on Amtrak's roster at the time of the photo.

Some of the more unusual locomotives on Amtrak's roster could be found working the yard at Union Station. 562 began life as an SW9 on the Santa Fe, then was rebuilt into an SSB 1200 and later sol... (more)

There weren't many benefits associated with working for The Great Train Store, but being able to photograph Amtrak on lunch break wasn't bad.

The Corridor Clipper is an Amfleet I modified by Amtrak into a Track Geometry Car that includes a pantograph on its roof.

The VIP special from Norfolk, VA arrives in DC the day after the inaugural run of this new service. On the rear is the Amtrak Beech Grove with a Christmas Wreath drumhead, NS full dome and CSX Gr... (more)