Amtrak's Auto-Train approaching it northern destination

The westbound Amtrak Cardinal service train #51 makes it's station stop at Charlottesville, VA on Friday the 13th of November.

The Worlds Longest Passenger Train rolls out of Richmond in style down the I-195 corridor with a trio of units rolling out the exhaust after upgrading to a clear signal.

The sun is setting on this cold February evening as Amtrak's Auto Train is seen coming across the Rappahannock River, about to pass through the Amtrak Station in Fredericksburg.

Amtrak’s Auto Train heads over Neabsco Creek Bridge near Woodbridge, Virginia, on April 23, 1996. The train is powered by a pair of GE P40DC (Nos. 831 and 833) locomotives.

Auto train winds out of Sanford passing Sunrail's HQ which have given new life Rand Yard. Now Amtrak and Sunrail dominate the scene as CSX has moved most through trains to the S line.

If the Auto Train passengers are seeing as much pretty scenery here at Aquia as I am, they are mighty happy!

For another shot of the marina that day, go Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P40DC
Location: Stafford, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 831
Train ID: CSX P053
Photo Date: September 15, 2013

The American Orient Express takes a break near the Rio Grande passenger station in Salt Lake City. This became my last photo of a train parked at the historic D&RGW depot before all of the trackag... (more)

Twenty-nine years and one month after Amtrak revived the Auto-Train, the P053-30 departs the Lorton, Virginia terminal with a pair of P40DCs - 831 and 814 - as the Superliner cars trail the motive... (more)

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A pair of long shank Type F couplers move past a blurring background as the wickedly fast Amtrak Auto Train r... (more)

A pair of sister GE P40DC locomotives is seen pulling the always interesting Amtrak Auto Train as it blows through the small township of Pierson in sunny Florida.

Amtrak 53 throttles up out of a 25 mph speed restriction that allowed me to catch this train twice in Seville.

Amtrak's auto train sometimes called the longest passenger train in the world rolls through the fern country of Seville.

Amtrak's best looking train.. AKA the Autotrain is 2 hours early and only minutes from its final destination in Lorton as it crosses Neabsco Creek just moments after sunrise... AMTK # 831 leading ... (more)