Close up of Amtraks new spaceship at PDX.

An excavator is hard at work tearing out ties as a section gang slowly dismantles the house track, while a late running eastbound Southwest Chief passes under one of the two remaining Santa Fe sty... (more)

Eastbound out of Philadelphia, PA - Amtrak's ACS-64 $622 leads a Regional Express through the Tacony section of Northeast Philadelphia bound for Trenton, NJ. That's both Liberty One and Two from ... (more)

Amtrak 154 barrels south through Lockport with the southbound Texas Eagle.

Four for the price of one. Northbound traffic was halted (trains were stopped) and stacked up from an earlier weather event. Fortunately for me I had my camera and PPE with me when a cond... (more)

Whose line is it, anyway? A SEPTA commuter train led by an Amtrak ACS-64 Cities Sprinter #620 on lease pulls a set of leaded MARC commuter cars out of Philadelphia's Suburban Station en route to ... (more)

Quickly getting back up to speed, Amtrak #19 continues the journey west from Atlanta, GA with two GE P42DC locomotives on the point after meeting Norfolk Southern train 186. The daily southbound ... (more)

A late #6 is crossing the Platte River at Ashland, NE.

An Amtrak Regional Express led by an ACS-46 "Cities Sprinter" departs Philadelphia, Pennsylvania southbound in preparation for a "sprint" to the next city on the line - Wilming... (more)

The new Charger locomotive has made it down to Portland and is sitting on the lead track for Union Station.

Amtrak's "Crusader" which began its trek from Communipaw Terminal in Jersey City, NJ makes an on time arrival at Philadelphia's 30th Street Station, in Pennsylvania. Restoration of the former Read... (more)

An Amtrak ACS-64 leads a Regional Express southbound (Amtrak west) through Bensalem, Pennsylvania passing Cornwells Heights station just outside of Northeast Philadelphia.

An Amtrak Regional led by a Cities-Sprinter barrels down the NEC ducking a set of position lights at Levittown, PA while en route to Philadelphia. No. 645, like many of Amtrak's trains, can often... (more)

It's April, and the Long Island Sound beach at Rocky Neck in East Lyme, CT, is empty, but that won't be the case in a couple months. Meanwhile, Amtrak F40PH 309 hurries along with a westbound Nort... (more)

Stand behind the yellow line! An Amtrak Acela makes a surprise pass on track 4 at speed under recently restrung catenary wires supported under new constant tension supports. The Acelas normally ... (more)