Amtrak in the heartland.

The Southwest Chief is backing into Chicago Union Station

By popular demand, here's another shot of the full lenght GREAT DOME car on the Adirondack exiting St-Jean.

With THE great dome car trailing, the Adirondack has left Montreal half an hour ago.

At Mile Post 9.7 the Amtrak Adirondack with the full-length dome races towards Rouses Point N.Y

A deadhead Amtrak move brings the equipment for the Reno Fun Train through San Jose on its way to LA.

Our train, the Carolinian, pulls into the ex-Southern station in Raleigh about 11 minutes late. Note the reflection of AMTK 48 in the glass of the "breezeway". I had never heard of that before it ... (more)

Smokin' Coast Starlight over Tehachapi Pass.

Amtrak President Gunn's Tehachapi Special smoking past UP 4512...and everything else on the line. "Coast Starlight", detouring over Tehachapi Pass, apparently had top priority making her extremely... (more)

Amtrak President Gunn's Tehachapi Special just finished going through the horseshoe curve. A BNSF piggyback train can be seen waiting at the siding below. "Coast Starlight" is making an extremel... (more)

An overhead view of Amtrak President Gunn's Tehachapi Special. "Coast Starlight", detouring over Tehachapi Pass, is about to enter the horseshoe curve at Caliente.

After spinning around at CP Home, NS 07T backs on to the stub track at Penn Station wherel it will become NS 04T/AMTK 42 tomorrow.

Amtrak 43 glides into Penn Station, after dropping off its passengers, 43 will reverse move to CP Home were it will be turned, back into Penn Station and become the eastbound 42 in the morning

With Amtrak 122. This is the diverted Coast Starlight, which travelled to LA via freight-only Tehachapi pass.

Amtrak's "Tehachapi Starlight" winds through the curves at Rowen as it nears the sound end of the siding.