ExAmtrak SDP40F renamed by Santa Fe to an SD40F leads a westbound train between the stations of Ilmon and Bena

After Sunset at Union station, with an Amtrak train departing

On the first day of 1974, Amtrak San Diegan #771 (San Diego CA to Los Angeles CA) departs Fullerton. Amtrak SDP40F 511 is the newest thing in this photograph, having been built by EMD in 1... (more)

Amtrak train #77, a Los Angeles-bound San Diegan, is aglow in the late afternoon sun as it makes its final stop, at Fullerton, California, before arriving in L.A. The train is powered by SD... (more)

After sunset at cligedi clac Ash crossing

No. 81, the southbound Silver Star, shoots down the old RF&P mainline behind an SDP40F and a couple of E-units during spring 1979.

Amtrak in New Mexico, near Sunset

Southbound Amtrak train crosses Neabsco Creek at its confluence with the Potomac River.

Amtraks "Southwest Limited" makes it's last station stop before arriving Los Angeles Union Passenger Station at Pasadena

Amtraks westbound train number three was descending Cajon Pass at Verdemont led by a trio of freshly painted units.

Bright early morning sun was reflecting off the power on westbound Amtrak train number three descending Cajon Pass above Cajon station.

The departing InterAmerican

Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha tiptoes over Homestake Pass just east of Butte, MT. This train and a BN local were the only traffic normally operated over NP's original Continental Divide crossing b... (more)

A quartet of SDP40F's lead Amtrak's Southwest Limited through the semaphores guarding the west siding switch at Chapelle, NM. Amazingly, the semaphores still protect this siding for the Southwest... (more)

5256 is only a few months from her purchase from Amtrak and conversion to freight service as an SDF40-2. She still looks fresh as she glides past a brand-new station sign at Edwards, CA.