Amtrak special 156 will soon be pushing the California Zephyr through the Moffat Tunnel and the Rocky Mountains.

Amtrak Train 3, the Southwest Limited, makes its daily ascent to Raton Pass, seen here at Gallinas, Colorado. Today’s train has three baggage cars and seven Superliners.

An Amtrak Cascades unit leads this southbound Sounder commuter out of King Street Station. A large number of Sound Transit locomotives were down for maintenance thus the need to borrow power from ... (more)

Amtrak's small but powerful AEM-7 electrics were such a dominant presence on the Northeast Corridor for more than thirty years that I find it difficult to think of them as a vanished breed. A pair... (more)

Exiting the brief dark of the Norden snowshed, Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr (with a heritage unit trailing) continues its westbound trek after the long climb out of Truckee.

Heading Out of the Setting Sun is Amtrak train #4, the eastbound Southwest Chief. The train, led by P42DCs 42 (the Veterans unit) and 174, this nine-car train is about to make its s... (more)

The morning California Zephyr leaves Denver's Union Station sporting a triple header lashup in anticipation of running through heavy snow in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

"Track Replacement at Penn Station" Empire Service train 236 prepares to depart from Track 6 in Penn Station while trackmen work on replacing Track 7. Amtrak is in the process of... (more)

The Rutland, VT to New York City Ethan Allen departs Saratoga station with an Empire Phase III repaint on the point.

Eastbound at mp 116 , notice the ties , looks like MOW is getting ready to do some work.

"Brand New "Georgia" Viewliner Diners at Penn" Two brand new Viewliner Diners, 68002 (Atlanta) & 68003 (Augusta), sit on the rear of Amtrak train 236 having just arrive... (more)

Rolling south in the beautiful evening light, the Auto Train has a friendly crew, giving a wave to my friend and I as they pass the Brooke VRE Station.

Southbound Acela Express approaches Readville on main line track 2.

Amtrak's California Zephyr makes a station stop. It is a Sunday, so the train has extra cars for travelers returning from a weekend in Reno.

Arriving 20mins late, Amtrak #19 the southbound Crescent begins to decelerate for a station stop in Anniston. Next stop is Birmingham, AL plus several more after that, till its last one near the ... (more)