Snow is falling and the open flame switch heaters are burning as AMTK 518 leads Hiawatha service 331 through the A2 interlocking. The 518 and Superliner would be cut off in Milwaukee for crew tra... (more)

Snow is falling and the open flame switch heaters are burning as AMTK 518 leads Hiawatha service 331 through the A2 interlocking. The 518 and Superliner would be cut off in Milwaukee for crew tra... (more)

AMTK 514 leads train 336 down main track 2 at Wadsworth.

Amtrak's Hiawatha service 334 rolls towards Chicago as it passes through Gurnee, IL with AMTK 514 leading.

AMTK 517 bringing their train East along the St Charles airline after backing their train out of CUS after unloading. They will then pull South to shove their trainset into the yard.

The Northbound Cardinal arrives Chicago with one of Amtrak's Dash 8s up front. The Cardinal had a Beech Grove pickup hence the Surfline's up front and the B32-8WH. I happened to be dropping someon... (more)

AMTK 519 is on the point of the westbound Borealis as it approaches Weaver on the CPKC's River Sub.

The westbound Borealis accelerates out of Red Wing after a brief station stop. Due to motive power shortages in Chicago, a pair of veteran Dash 8s are powering the train.

A rare duo of B32-8WHs power the westbound Borealis out of Midland.

The Borealis makes its last stop at the Red Wing depot before its final destination in St. Paul.

The westbound Borealis makes its way west along the Mississippi River, with a pair of dash 8s on the front and rear.

A rarity in 2025... a Dash 8 leads the southbound Coast Starlight through fruit orchards and garlic fields at the ex-SP location of Carnadero, just south of Gilroy. This is where the Hollister Bra... (more)

Due to a tunnel collapse in Oregon's Siskiyou Mountains, the Los Angeles to Seattle Coast Starlight has been operating as a much shorter train, since the southern half of the route has been... (more)

Taken 18 years ago today, Amtrak 519/517 power up to head out of the diesel yard and eventually back on to a train. Amtrak 519 was built circa 12/1991, and was still in active'ish service at least... (more)

The notes I found said this is the 1st time we seen these Dash 8s on Amtrak. Amtrak received 20 of these Dash 8s in 1991. . The Southwest Chief ran via the Santa Fe until 1998, when it was moved t... (more)