AMTK 447 waits to depart Union Station while an Amtrak Turbo Train arrives from St. Louis, passing under the Union Station tower that controls the trackage south of the terminal.

Amtrak's Operation Life Saver #203 makes smoke from an unhappy turbo as it runs through Wagon Mound, New Mexico.

Amtrak's United Aircraft Turbo Train was on display at the former GN station in Minneapolis as part of a nationwide tour in September 1971. It drew a lot of attention with a crowd still waiting to... (more)

During Amtrak's first year one highlight was the tour of the United Aircraft Turbo Train across the country. I was able to catch it during its evening open house at Minneapolis. It had arrived fro... (more)

Amtrak engine #78 had a turbo meltdown and washed oil over its back and also over the top of engine #27.

One of Amtrak's French-built Turbos is on the last lap into Milwaukee, running as train 333 from Chicago.

A French-built Amtrak Turbo stands in the gloom of Chicago Union Station, about to depart for Milwaukee as train 335. At the time these ANF Turbos covered all Chicago-Milwaukee runs.

Power for Southern Railway's Crescent sits among Amtrak power in the Ivy City engine terminal. Visible are Amtrak F40's 275, 278 (MU'ed with SDP40F 606), and 285, Southern Railway 6910, and a stor... (more)

Things you don't see anymore -- a turbo set and an FL9 share the shop tracks at Amtrak's facility in Rensselaer. The shop serves Amtrak's Empire Service trains along the Hudson and to points west.

Amtrak's westbound Feather River Express drifts across Rock Creek on the homeward leg of the 2011 Portola Railroad Days excursion. On this day the heartbeat of the Feather River Route's former own... (more)

The Rohr RTLIII Turboliners were upgraded by Super Steel in Schenectady, NY in the early 2000s. Only three sets were completed, and I believe two saw limited service before the program was cancell... (more)

Six years after Amtrak concluded an unsuccessful evaluation of Bombardier's LRC equipment, a VIA LRC set showed up in Boston's South station as part of a high speed rail demonstration sponsored by... (more)

An aerial view as Amtrak 575 (GP15, 12/2004) will be the trailing power on the way up the NECL. The Turbo train makes its away across Cooch's Field in Newark, DE.

Amtrak 526 (GP38H-3, ex Amtrak 198, exx- Go Transit 506/9806, nee CN 606, 12/1966) leads the Turbo consist across Cooch's Field in Newark, DE on Thursday, January, 25, 2018. They will stop at the ... (more)