This Is Not Exactly As It Appears…

In 1991, General Electric built 20 Dash 8-32BWH diesels, all for Amtrak. While they didn't have anything close to a streamlined look, railfa... (more)

Amtrak B32-8WH 511 is working on breaking down the autorack cut from southbound Auto Train, P053, at the Sanford terminal. This location is just east of the Auto Train terminal along the CSX Aloma... (more)

Sleek upside down bathtubs on wheels may be all right for some but I like my passenger locomotives with a little more "texture" like this one which has probably rescued the EB "Cali... (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)

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)