Probably one of the coolest Amtraks I have ever seen, BNSF 1731 leads Amtrak #3 down Cajon Pass

Amtrak's Veteran's "cabbage" leads the way out of Fullerton with a Los Angeles-bound Pacific Surfliner train in tow.

Budd 10&6 "Pacific Gardens" spends the night in the shop. At the time of this photo, these cars had been relegated to crew dorm service, and a few years later would be retired altogether... (more)

Lake Shore Limited northbound at Breakneck Ridge.

Twice as Nice: ACS-64s 631 and 670 lead Northeast Regional Train 129 past Edison on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. The cone in the foreground is one of many which dot the crumbling platforms at ... (more)

Between the parade of passenger trains, an Amtrak "Cities Sprinter" ACS-64 is captured in tow en route to the shops in Delaware. The Philadelphia skyline serves as backdrop on this moody day in M... (more)

The Rohr Turbo running as Amtrak's southbound Adirondack has arrived at Rouses Point, NY, and stopped north of the station for the customs inspectors who are about to board. Once they clear the tr... (more)

Leaving downtown Milwaukee behind, one of Amtrak's French built ANF Turboliners coils out of town on its way to Chicago. This route and other Chicago-based corridor services were the regular assig... (more)

Amtrak coming through the hills of Colorado.

Bird watching... Amtrak's westbound Cardinal No. 51 eases into view as Charleston Station Agent Matt Crouch waits to load the Chicago-bound train with luggage. Nearly two dozen people will ... (more)

How many folks realized that there was an Illinois High-Speed Rail decal applied to some Amtrak equipment? It was news to me until I saw it as well. The sticker denotes Chicago to St. Louis, whic... (more)

A late evening Regional Express navigates under a jungle of catenary poles and wires, ducking an old PRR signal bridge in Bensalem Township, PA while en route to Trenton, NJ.

With summer trackwork in progress on the Hudson Line, one of the Rohr Turbo sets assigned by Amtrak to Empire Service duties speeds south along the river at Cold Spring on its way to New York City... (more)

One of Amtrak's Veteran's units, a former F40PH converted into an NCPU cab/baggage car or cabbage, leads a northbound Pacific Surfliner heading at tracks speed through the grade crossing.

What would end up being the lone SW1 to survive on Amtrak's roster is seen getting a complete overhaul, and came out of the shop better than new. This unit had been the shop switcher for the Wilm... (more)