On April 13, 2013, we see Amtrak #5 negotiate the curves between Leyden and Rocky at a location called Barber's Gulch as the train heads west from Denver towards Emeryville, CA. Two ex SP now UP B... (more)

Running about 40 minutes late, Amtrak #5 approaches the S-Curve near the west end of Rocky for the trip west to Emeryville, CA from Chicago. Added at Omaha, NE were two UP Business Cars were added... (more)

California Zephyr #5 skirts along the Carquinez Straits on a warm, spring day with the towering (no pun intended!) Carquinez Bridge in the backround.

After it's long journey from Chicago, AMTK 154 rests at the Emeryville Amtrak Station before heading towards the Kirkham yard with AmCal's first NPCU in the consist.

Amtrak train 5 rounds the curve at Pinole Shores westbound.

The Westbound Capitol Limited races towards it's next stop in Pittsburgh where it'll gain a new crew and head towards Chicago.

Opened by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in June 1946 the station at Prince, West Virginia proudly served the surrounding region as a gateway to the C&O’s passenger trains of the era. Fast forward ... (more)

Welcome To Wistah! Amtrak 449 threads its way through the newly-configured interlocking and past CSX's ongoing yard expansion project on the way to its Worcester station stop.

The colours of these signals at Crugers, NY are nicely matched with the surrounding fall foliage, as Amtrak's "Electric City Express" from Albany heads south to New York's Grand Central Terminal.

Train #21 barrels through the town of Gardner, a little north of Dwight.

Amtrak GE P42DC 154 pushes southbound Vancouver to Seattle train 517 across the Mud Bay trestle.

Arriving into St. Paul/Minneapolis (MSP) at 2:50pm, 7 hours and 26 minutes late, the eastbound Empire Builder performs the station stop at Midway Depot.

7 hours and 26 minutes late, the Empire Builder continues over the University Avenue overpass bridge in the Midway/Merriam Park areas of Saint Paul. Down below the central corridor light rail pro... (more)

A late Empire Builder shows up at Sunset Falls with nice lighting and pretty decent water flow at the falls. Ansel Adams inspired "features" are the dark sky, the depth of field, and Zones 0 thro... (more)

Amtrak 517 crosses the Mud Bay trestle as it travels southbound towards the Canada-USA border at White Rock.