Having conquered Cajon Pass, the Pacific Railroad Society's 75th Anniversary special (symboled UP AMT966-02) heads across the Mojave Desert on its way from Los Angeles to Bakersfield. This is UP'... (more)

Amtrak #156 and several cars were on display at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in July 2012 along with the Norfolk Souothern fleet of heritage units.

Back Into The Light. A wide view shows the north end of the Willsboro Tunnel in Willsboro, New York on the former Delaware & Hudson Railroad during the Amtrak/Canadian Pacific/Capital Regio... (more)

10 years ago today, Amtrak posed all four of its 40th Anniversary heritage units for a family portrait on its birthday. How could Amtrak top that, especially given a worldwide pandemic thrown into... (more)

This photo was taken 40 years to the day from when the first Amtrak train operated. Heritage units painted by the Beech Grove shops displaying each of Amtrak's locomotive liveries were posed in th... (more)

Three years ago today. Amtrak 156 (P42DC) drew the lucky assignment of leading day two of the 18th Annual Capital Region Toys for Tots train on Sunday, Decemeber 3, 2017. During the first stop in ... (more)

Amtrak’s Phase I Heritage engine, P42DC 156, was painted to celebrate the carrier’s 40th Anniversary in 2011. After departing Los Angeles, AMTK 156, leading train 4, the now tri-weekly Sou... (more)

Amtrak Train #4, the Southwest Chief is seen accelerating off the high desert and through West Winslow as the sun begins to rise. The phase 1 heritage unit #156 is leading the train. The 12,633 f... (more)

The Texas Eagle has departed St. Louis and crossed the Mississippi River into Illinois.

Amtrak heritage unit 156 leads the Texas Eagle South past the historic C&A depot in Lemont.

Amtrak's Coast Starlight, train number 14, is climbing the grade out of Los Angeles through Santa Susanna Pass. Leading train 14 today is Amtrak's P42DC heritage unit number 156. 156 is painted in... (more)

Slicing through the smoke filled air, which has blanketed most of the San Fernando Valley as multiple brush fires burn across Southern California, AMTK 156 leads this morning's northbound Coast... (more)

Slicing through the smoke filled air, which has blanketed most of the San Fernando Valley as multiple brush fires burn across Southern California, AMTK 156 leads this morning's northbound Coast... (more)

1971-2011

Amtrak Heritage unit #156 in Heritage I leads the California Zephyr at tunnel 1 and Coal Creek Canyon.

Amtrak 156 hustles east for Tuscon, AZ after running about 20-30 minutes late into Maricopa, AZ.