On an afternoon in late March, 1967, it was still possible to catch a set of Santa Fe PA1s hustling along High Line into Kansas City with mail and express train 4 from Albuquerque, Winslow and poi... (more)

October in the Railroad Earth - The Southwest Chief awaits departure on the first day of October, in the Autumn of 2014.

The Southwest Chief Streaks Through East Siberia - Amtrak Train Number 4, the Southwest Chief blasts through East Siberia at 70 MPH and streaks on into the night on it's was to Chicago... (more)

The brakeman on NWP's northbound Train 4 has assisted with unloading freight (including a wringer washing machine) from the rear compartment of SP Budd RDC car and is about to swing aboard to cont... (more)

Knocking Down the Light at Fullerton Junction - Amtrak Train 4 pulls out of the station at Fullerton California on wet December night in route to Chicago Illinois.

We Have New Signals At Fullerton - Amtrak Train 4 sits in front of the new signals at Fullerton California on wet December night. Many of us were sad to see the classic Santa Fe searchlig... (more)

After picking up one passenger at the Bath Station, this evening eastbound is passing the Bath Iron Works Shipyard and crossing the Kennebec on the Carlton Bridge; the former home of Route 1 was o... (more)

488 passes Bath Iron Works. Originally opened in 1884, BIW is a shipyard on the Kennebec in Bath that mostly builds vessels for the navy. Note the destroyer under construction in the distance. ... (more)