A morning Amtrak train departs Union Station in Chicago.

After a powerful thunderstorm rolls through the area and the sun comes out from behind the dark clouds, Amtrak's southbound Adirondack crosses over the Mohawk River Bridge en route to New York Pen... (more)

The end of January was looking more like the end of March with no snow on the ground, and not a cloud in the sky as this P449 flies down the straightaway into the setting sun

It's a gorgeous morning in Colorado's High Country as Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr rounds the curve before entering Tunnel 19 near Crescent, Colorado on September 20, 2015.

Way off the beaten path in the vicinity of Valmora, New Mexico, the westbound Southwest Chief, the lifeline of a number of small communities along its historic route, squeezes through a rock cut n... (more)

Amtrak's Southwest Chief winds through the confines of Apache Canyon on its way to its next stop of Lamy, New Mexico.

Amtrak train No. 3, the Southwest Chief, raises its own snowstorm flying through Robinson, New Mexico, on a cold January 28, 2000.

Amtrak train 55, the southward Vermonter, is seen on the newly upgraded Pan Am Connecticut River Line, currently part of the planned Knowledge Corridor. Until December 29 the train ran via Palmer... (more)

The late afternoon winter sun glints along the superliners of Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief near Raton, New Mexico.

Dedicated to Gorj "Corgi" Williamson, devoted member of the Railpics Critiques group on Facebook.

The Empire Builder's Portland section power takes a side track near the station while the Seattle section joins the two section to create a proper train.

Paralleling Interstate 25 at an impressive maximum speed of 79MPH, Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief marches across the New Mexico desert enroute to Colorado and points east on its Chicag... (more)

On its late afternoon journey across the desert Southwest from Los Angeles, Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief knocks down the T-2 Santa Fe semaphore signals protecting the interlocking of ... (more)

Catching the late evening sun near Wagon Mound, Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief splits the veteran Santa Fe semaphore signals along BNSF's Raton Subdivision. This is the last stretch of ... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief zips by a clear signal on the mainline at the east end of Chapelle siding under a crystal clear New Mexico sky. After this train's passage these classic s... (more)