The Coast Starlight arrives in Oakland

Amtrak train no. 8, The Empire Builder, rolls eastward along the Mississippi River at Weaver siding, southeast of Wabasha, MN. Seaman's Charger 305 heads up the train with a GE Genesis unit traili... (more)

The eastbound Empire Builder is running close to 5 hours late on a pleasant October morning as it glides along the Mississippi River, nearing its next station stop in St Cloud.

Amtrak 305 hasn't pulled one of America's Passenger trains at 79 MPH in a long time, the unit along with 3 "heritage" cars has been getting a lot of use over the last 15 years training F... (more)

Amtrak 305 hasn't pulled one of America's Passenger trains at 79 MPH in a long time, the unit along with 3 "heritage" cars has been getting a lot of use over the last 15 years training F... (more)

The Eastbound "California Zephyr" Amtrak Train #6 crossing the SP trestle at Long Ravine. At one time, the Nevada County Narrow Gauge ran underneath which was abandoned in 1942. Today, t... (more)

Amtrak 305 is pushing as a Amfleet cab car leads eastbound San Diegan 570 along the coast approaching Solana Beach

Amtrak F40PH 305 has just departed Washington and is rolling through Alexandria, VA on the RF&P Subdivision.

The blare of a Nathan five chime horn from Amtrak's California Zephyr does little to disrupt a quartet of horses enjoying a beautiful December morning in rural Utah County.

Amtrak’s Empire Builder (train No. 8) soars eastbound on the big bridge over Cut Bank Creek at Cut Bank, Montana, on October 7, 1996.

Salt Lake City's Rio Grande passenger depot was a hub of activity when Amtrak's California Zephyr, Desert Wind, and Pioneer long distance trains combined into one for the journey east to Chicago. ... (more)

A "bird's eye" view of the Westbound California Zephyr, behind 305 and 299, and the infant Colorado River exiting Gore Canyon, west of Kremmling, in September 1985. The locomotives are passing the... (more)

Amk maple leaf bound for Buffalo-NY.

Westbound at Floriston by then using "Horizon" coaches

Amtrak 305 and a mate rest at NOUPT with tomorrow's #58 - The City of New Orleans.