Amtrak's Phase IV Heritage unit swings out of the big curve at Grand Ave. interlocking, passing Miller Brewing. Soon the eastbound builder will make it's stop in Milwaukee, and head south down the... (more)

The northbound Amtrak Crescent speeds through the small town of Lula under the signals "Belton." With the train running 30+ minutes late, they are doing all they can to make up any lost time.

The Phase III heritage P42 basks in the evening sun as it leads the Westbound California Zephyr.

AMTK 191 speeds through on the hot track while NECR 3840 works the yard and RLK 4003 awaits the call to duty later on in the day.

Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, rumbles through Crescent, Colorado on the morning of March 10, 2013. Amtrak heritage locomotive No. 145 painted in “phase III” paint scheme leads the train thr... (more)

East of Duke, the Empire Builder slows for Red Wing. The smell of brake shoe smoke and pancakes with bacon as it went by was an added treat to a perfect shooting day.

Amtrak Phase III heritage P40DC #822 sits idling at the Emeryville Amtrak station on the point of a westbound Capital Corridor train. This unit was originally painted to lead the railroad's 40th A... (more)

Amtrak train number 5 the westbound California Zepher passes thru Crockett, CA with the Carquinez Bridge in the background.

Heritage paint leads the EMPIRE BUILDER east through Wadsworth.

I was expecting heritage unit 156, but a curveball was sent my way. Heritage unit #66 cruises through Lemont with the Texas Eagle.

Amtrak 713 slides over the Alhambra Creek on the John Muir Trestle with engineer Barbara behind the throttle. This was the last detour of the week and the first to have a P42.

Amtrak operated a 16-car passenger train for members of AAPRCO (American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners) from Denver to Billings, Montana, for their annual convention in the summer of ... (more)

Amtrak P42DC #41 sits idling on the point of westbound California Zephyr train #5 at the Emeryville Amtrak station. Emeryville is the Zephyr's final station stop before terminating at the Amtrak c... (more)

The Reno Fun Train has just finished dropping off passengers in Sacramento, and is about ready to begin its sprint down the Cal-P to Emeryville

Amtrak #3, the Southwest Chief, pauses at KCUS before continuing west.