Amtrak's California Zephyr #6 speeds east across the ex D&RGW near Thompson, UT with a few friendly toots of the horn from the engineer. Next stop is Grand Junction,CO with an eventual destination... (more)

A tardy northbound Coast Starlight is arriving at Portland, Oregon in summer 1994. The Steel Bridge is owned by Union Pacific. The lower deck carries rail traffic, while the upper deck has a roadw... (more)

One of the five ex-PRR E8s that Amtrak rebuilt with HEP capability for use on Northeast Corridor Amfleet consists leads two-car train 153, the Beacon Hill, out of South Station. This was a Boston-... (more)

Amtrak's Downeaster Train 684 arrives into Boston crossing over the historic Tower A draw bridge just outside North station. The train traveled from Brunswick, Maine to Boston.

Celebration!

Pennsylvania Railroad’s 30th Street Station in Philadelphia fully opened for business on December 15, 1933. On a Saturday in December, 1983 (I can’t find a record ... (more)

30th Street Encounter – 3

A Harrisburg train has arrived at 30t Street Station in Philadelphia, and the hostlers are taking the GG1 to the Race Street engine terminal. I’m not ... (more)

30th Street Encounter – 2

Soon after a GG1-pulled Harrisburg train arrived at 30th Street Station in Phil... (more)

Amtrak's Silver Meteor has just departed Newark, as it races through North Elizabeth. In the consist is one of the remaining Amtrak heritage dining cars.

30th Street Encounter – 1

I frequently visited my railfan cousins in central Maryland during my college years in the late 1970’s. Usually I would borrow my parents’ second ca... (more)

Amtrak's Phase IV Heritage Locomotive from the 2011 40th anniversary leads Amtrak Train 311 down the KCT East-West Corridor Main 4 past Blue River Yard just short of the KCS Diamond at Sheffield r... (more)

Engineer Kyle Ellis is getting Amtrak Train 4 back up to 90 MPH on Main Track 1 of the BNSF Marceline Sub. after crossing the Missouri River Bridge at Sibley, running on time out of KCY.

Loc... (more)

One of the many Amtrak Pacific Surfliner trains that run between Los Angeles and San Diego enters Fullerton train station as it comes to a stop to perform its station work. AMTK 450, an EMD F59PHI... (more)

Amtrak Train 311 drops down Independence Hill on the UP Sedalia Sub. after an on time station stop at the Truman Depot behind the Phase IV Heritage Locomotive. The 184 got swapped onto the 311/31... (more)

Amtrak Keystone Service train with ACS-64 625 leading.

Amtrak 332 leads the California Zephyr past the Burlington, IA depot under the watchful eye of CB&Q steam engine 3003 in September of 1993. This whole are was underwater just a few weeks earlier f... (more)