This striking heritage unit is right at home in Washington Terminal's West Yard, waiting for its next move. Washington Terminal predates Amtrak by 70 years, and although it is now part of Amtrak i... (more)

The new Charger leads the old MP36. It's nice to see the liveries are rather consistent.

At the NPS predicted blossom peak day, no blossoms were found near the HQ of the NPS. Due to colder weather, they would be delayed until early April. No delays however were to be found with VRE, a... (more)

Rolling out of our nations capitol, VRE Fredericksburg line train 301 has just departed L'Enfant Plaza as the Capitol building stands in line behind.

Amtrak's "Vermonter" is nearing its departure time as MARC 4912 awaits its next assignment

Running slightly behind the advertised schedule, a ~3 hour late Crescent pulls into the nations capitol behind a P42DC pair as the cherry blossoms show their beauty.

The cherry blossoms are in full bloom around the tidal basin in the nations capitol as hotshot UPS train Q031 heads out of the city with a CSX motor leading a BNSF unit on a lovely April afternoon... (more)

902 and a lot of signage. I wonder what way the station is?

A trio likely never to be seen together again. AEM-7 909, ACS-64 623 and HHP-8 651 are shuffled around by SW1000r 792, representing three generations of Amtrak mainline electric power on t... (more)

A true heritage unit with a special dedication. Pete began his Amtrak career in 1994 and worked his way up through several crafts, ranging from servicing toilets, to working in K Tower as a... (more)

A true heritage unit with a special dedication. Pete began his Amtrak career in 1994 and worked his way up through several crafts, ranging from servicing toilets, to working in K Tower as a... (more)

A true heritage unit with a special dedication. Blair Slaughter puts the finishing touches onto the 794's dedication decals for Pete Grosso. Pete began his Amtrak career in 1994 and worked ... (more)

A true heritage unit with a special dedication. Pete Grosso began his Amtrak career in 1994 and worked his way up through several crafts, ranging from servicing toilets, to working in K To... (more)

In 1981, the Maryland Department of Transportation took delivery of five rebuilt F7A’s from Morrison-Knudsen. Four of the units were essentially in-kind rebuilds of the original configuration, ... (more)

Built in 1966, this example is one of only eight unique units built for the anticipated Toronto Commuter service and initially wore CN paint. Named the GP40TC (Toronto Commuter), they eventually ... (more)