The 156 brightens up the terminal on a drizzly day.

Taking a break while laying over all day while commuters are hard at work.

A double header of MARC AEM-7s head north out of Washington Union Station

In from the run. Washington, D.C.’s Ivy City Engine Terminal is the starting point for Amtrak routes is all directions, and this scene in July of 1974 sees the motive power destined for many ci... (more)

With the animal cars already spotted by the B701, the extra B642 crew shoves the next cut of cars down into Benning Yard for unloading.

The RBBX Circus Train is back in our nation's capital! Here, Benning Yard local crew B701 is pulling the animal cars off of the main consist so that they can be respotted onto the Anacostia Stora... (more)

Operator Allen Brougham gives P029 a wave as the Capitol Limited passes through QN, led by AmAmtrak #208.

V02 pops out of the seldom seen tunnel underneath Capitol Hill.

After a fast run down the NEC, 925 awaits its next assignment in Washington.

Old and new elements of railroading share the scene at L'Enfant, with weed covered PRR catenary supports contrasting the months old VRE station. Bridging the gap between old and new is Amtrak's C... (more)

Another Amtrak oddity that could be found at Washington Union Station was the GP7, there were about 16 of these on Amtrak's roster at the time of the photo.

Some of the more unusual locomotives on Amtrak's roster could be found working the yard at Union Station. 562 began life as an SW9 on the Santa Fe, then was rebuilt into an SSB 1200 and later sol... (more)

There weren't many benefits associated with working for The Great Train Store, but being able to photograph Amtrak on lunch break wasn't bad.

CSX intermodal heads north across the Potomac River from Virginia into DC. The Jefferson and Washington monuments are a prominent feature of the Washington, DC skyline.