With the Pacific Ocean providing the backdrop, a total of five private cars bring up the rear of this morning's passage of Amtrak 14, the northbound Coast Starlight, as the company's premie... (more)

Dusk blankets the sky above Simi Valley as the southbound Coast Starlight highballs town with the private car "Redwood Empire," running with reporting marks of ATSF 33, brings up the mar... (more)

The 1948-built "Silver Solarium" cools its brake shoes on the rear of the northbound Coast Starlight as the famed, west coast long-distance passenger train calls on San Luis Obispo. The ... (more)

Fall is kicking in full gear in the north country, perfect for leaf peepers like those on the private railcar Colonial Crafts.

Lights, Camera, Varnish! While the two private cars on the rear of today's Coast Starlight might carry the heritage of the Boston & Main and Pennsylvania Railroad's, both the Salisbury Bea... (more)

LARail.com's private cars "Pacific Sands" and "Tioga Pass" bring up the markers of this evening's passage of the southbound Coast Starlight as the train banks to the east on it... (more)

In the last light of the day, Amtrak 11 tip-toes through the siding at Santa Susana as it crawls toward CP Davis to wait for Metrolink 123. On the rear of tonight's train, the private car "Si... (more)

"Dearing's" Final Ride? It's a quiet evening in downtown Los Angeles - setting the mood for what could possibly be the private car "Dearing's" final visit to the Souther... (more)

A young woman looks forward from a private car on Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr at the chaos of detraining passengers and loading luggage at the short station stop of Fraser, Colorado, on... (more)

Private car Gulf, Mobile & Ohio No. 50 brings up the rear of Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr at Fraser, Colorado, on January 11, 2019. “The Patrón Tequila Express” was built by Pullman... (more)

The private car "Dagny Taggart" gleams in the morning light as it passes through the wash rack inside Amtrak's 8th Street Coach Yard. The car has just completed a trip on the rear of the... (more)

It's a beautiful, spring day on Cuesta Pass as the sound of two General Electric locomotives straining to pull a heavy train upgrade echoes off the hillsides. The louder than normal chugging of tw... (more)

Cooling their brake shoes during the Coast Starlight's brief stop in Simi Valley, the iconic trio of CB&Q California Zephyr private cars look sharp as their stainless steel fluting catches the set... (more)

The private car "Braddock Inn" brings up the rear of Amtrak 68 as it leaves Plattsburgh, NY, heading back to New York City. The car was recently restored, and was originally built in 194... (more)

The private car "Braddock Inn" brings up the rear of Amtrak 69 as it stops at the Westport, NY station en route to Montreal. The former PRR coach has been recently restored to it's origi... (more)