The Desert Wind / Pioneer is heading up Utah's Echo Canyon early in the morning.

Amtrak train 26, the Pioneer slows for its station stop at Vancouver, WA, passing BN's SW1500 of Frisco heritage (SLSF 326). The Pioneer had three more years to operate between Seattle, WA and Sal... (more)

Amtrak 's Pioneer overtakes a Union Pacific freight at Nolin, Oregon. The train offered coach and sleeping car service between Seattle and Salt Lake City over UP trackage. The freight features a v... (more)

The recently inaugurated 'Pioneer' train from Seattle arrives at the end of its journey approaching the UP station in Salt Lake City on June 18, 1977.

Independence Day '92 finds Amtrak's 'Pioneer' train No. 26 heading east through Mountain Green in Utah's Weber Canyon.

Eastbound Pioneer rolls though Laramie and its classic western style downtown.

Snow covers the ground as the eastbound Pioneer scoots over Sherman Hill.

Amtrak's Pioneer, train No. 26 glides east through Weber Canyon at Taggart.

Amtrak's Pioneer rambles east through Echo Canyon on June 20, 1992.

eastbound Amtrak train #26 the Pioneer approaching Rowena, OR

Amtrak train #25 the Pioneer approaching Cascade Locks, OR on UP Portland Sub.

Running 18 hours late due to a UPRR freight train derailment in Oregon, the eastbound Pioneer #26 bypasses Boise cutoff via the UPRR mainline. Shown here at Kuna, ID, #26 is making a rare appearan... (more)

Amtrak train #26, the eastbound Pioneer blasts across a bridge over the road to the Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River Gorge.