VIA Rail 2207 actually brings up the tail end of this P276 enroute from SIEMENS California for delivery in Montreal. Markham is a hand off point from the UP to the CN for the trip.Typically the tr... (more)

Northbound Gold Runner departing Modesto Amtrak Station on a foggy day.

Amtrak's Blue Water service slows to a stop at the station in Durand, Michigan on the CN Flint Subdivision as the last train before a work window starts. CN MOW crews are on site and preparing to ... (more)

Southbound Starlight (Train #11) running along the Carquinez Strait and passing under the Carquinez Strait I-80 bridges. Unit #301 is in commemorative scheme similar to first Amtrak E-8 in 1971.... (more)

Northbound Gold Runner 713 arriving at Modesto Amtrak Station.

Amtrak's Crescent races for New Orleans.

New Year's Day's rain has stopped and, passing through the city of Orange (not a stop on Amtrak, but a stop on Metrolink), is Amtrak train 580, heading from Los Angeles to San Diego. CDTX (Amtrak... (more)

… and That's a Wrap on 2025!

On a rainy New Year's Eve afternoon, my wife and I hit the train station for a few minutes on the way home from visiting with one of our gra... (more)

Amtrak's Crescent heads south for New Orleans.

Twenty minutes after sunrise on Thanksgiving Day, Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 562 passes through Orange on its journey from Los Angeles to San Diego. Because of the long Thanksgiving week and... (more)

A San Jose-bound Capitol Corridor hustles through Jack London Square.

A newly renamed GoldRunner (formerly the more friendly sounding "San Joaquin") arrives in Oakland

The Missouri River Runner has arrived from St Louis to end their trip to Kansas City. This trainset will be turned around and prepped for the return trip back.

Amtrak's Coast Starlight passes Lumin Field with the city skyline in the background as it Departs King Street Station in Seattle, Washington. The train left approximately an hour late due to equi... (more)

Amtrak's southbound Crescent arrives in Birmingham as it crosses 32nd St.