Amtrak's Heartland Flyer heads south towards Fort Worth with the "Pepsi Can" Phase 3 heritage unit leading
Texas Chief ready to depart
The eastbound "Sunset" is departing with three "pooches" in the lead. They sounded magnificent.
A road worn P42 leads #1, the Sunset Limited, into the station at Beaumont, TX.
Amtrak's Texas Eagle meets a TRE commuter train at Dalwor shortly before its Fort Worth station stop. Trailing second is Amtrak's Operation Lifesaver locomotive which would be taken off in Fort Wo... (more)
Sporting their new phase 7 paint, AMTK 69 and 174 lead a slightly late eastbound Texas Eagle past Victory Station
Westbound "Texas Eagle" looking good. Photo by Calvin Christman. From my collection.
Amtrak's Texas Eagle climbs the grade into Fort Worth at the 6th Street Jct. The train is coming from UP's Peach yard after being turn around on a wye just east of Downtown Fort Worth. The train i... (more)
Amtrak train 821, the southbound Heartland Flyer, speeds south from Oklahoma City OK to Fort Worth TX. The carrier’s Phase IV Heritage diesel, P42DC 164, leads the 3-car train, with anot... (more)
Contrary to popular opinion east Texas isn't flat. It undulates in big swells. Here the southbound Houston section of the "Texas Eagle" is accelerating out of one of the many dips. Th... (more)
Amtrak's phase 4 heritage unit leads the Heartland Flyer south towards Fort Worth
On a warm summer evening, AMTK #822 leads the southbound 21 Texas Eagle through Granger, TX
NORMAN OK (July) 1977 — Amtrak SDP40F 504 leads Train 16 The Lone Star. The northbound train has crossed Acres Street as it departs city center. EMD built the 504 (s/n 72694-5) in June 1973. Aft... (more)
Texas Eagle
FORT WORTH TX May 26 1985 — Amtrak P30CH 719 leads train 21, The Eagle, into the station area. My photo.
