The northbound Auto Train crosses Powells Creek on the RF&P.

A Roger Puta Photograph

Amtrak Train 135 rolls through New London on Saturday afternoon.

The southbound Coast Starlight arrives at Portland. General Electric's flashy 500-class locomotives had just gone into service on trains 11 and 14.

The morning sun has just cleared the ridge and glistens off the sides of eastbound Amtrak P030 at Yoder, PA (Keystone Sub) amid blazing fall color.

Still wearing original "Amtrak" lettering, this Amtrak Cascades train glides along the calm Colony Creek, providing a very nice reflection on a beautiful summer morning in the scenic Pacific North... (more)

Two Amtrak Cascades and the Empire Builder in downtown Seattle. The clock tower belongs to King Street Station.

Amtrak Auto Carriers

Amtrak Cascades trains head along this scenic part of Puget Sound for now, but eventually this section of beautiful railroad will be bypassed for an inland route currently under construction.

A derailment on the Shasta Route has sent the Coast Starlight on a detour via Keddie. A dogcatch crew has driven to Bieber to take the train on to Klamath Falls and Portland.

The historic Colorado floods of 2013 closed UP's Moffat Tunnel Subdivision for almost 2 months, during which time Amtrak's California Zephyr was detoured through Wyoming across the Overland. Here,... (more)

Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha crosses the landmark GN Stone Arch bridge as the westbound train approaches the Minneapolis station. By the time it continues west, the sun will be setting and it wil... (more)

Amtrak's Expo 74 service was set up to provide daily daytime trains between Seattle, Everett, Wenatchee & Spokane on a schedule similar to the old GN Cascadian. The train lasted during the summer ... (more)

Amtrak's Vermonter passes Connecticut's capitol on its way to Hartford Union Station. The lonely Vermonter is the only revenue passenger train running on the line currently, as all shuttle and reg... (more)

Six Trains per Day Between Los Angeles and San Diego

Amtrak San Diegan #770 makes its stop in Fullerton, California, on a beautiful April day in 1974. a pair of SDP40Fs (522 ... (more)