Leaving the sun and cloudless sky behind at Santa Barbara, today's 16-hour late edition of the southbound Coast Starlight has now found itself under the morning overcast at Seacliff as it continue... (more)

Highball Oxnard...16 Hours Late. Throttling out of Oxnard following its scheduled station stop, one day later than intended, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight gets on the move as it conti... (more)

Running exceedingly late (16+ hours), Amtrak 11 highballs Santa Barbara in the morning light.

The California Zephyr runs though West Keenesburg right at sunrise. The merlot-colored sky is due to the smoke from the numerous wildfires west of Colorado.

Chasing Amtrak out in open territory may not be the best idea. 45 miles from my previous photo. We end up getting to the same spot simultaneously. He had 79 mile per hour track-age, 34 of those mi... (more)

Amtrak in some country not usually seen in the daylight. Four and a half hours late. Amtrak number 6 the Zephyr is still out on the Shafter Sub. With the heavy traffic from the detour trains on th... (more)

Normally passing through the bustling downtown area of Santa Barbara a little after sunset on day two (the final day) of its journey to Los Angeles, a horrific winter storm in the Pacific Northwes... (more)

Barr on Ice

Headlights glisten off the ice over Barr Lake on the fill Amtrak 5 nearly on time moments before sun up on a sub zero day along the High Plains Route.

Amtrak 91

The Silver Star heading southward in west Volusia County.

AMTK 169 leads the California Zephyr around the Big Ten Curve as it climbs the steep grade towards the Colorado Rocky Mountains. The coal cars you see are parked there permanently as a wind break... (more)

The California Zephyr crosses a creek west of Pinecliffe, Colorado on its way to the Moffat Tunnel.

The crew and passengers of this morning's California Zephyr were treated to a stunning sunrise as they passed Barr Lake in Brighton, Colorado.

Amtrak P42's await their next assignment at Amtrak's service facility in downtown Chicago, including the freshly repainted number 169.

Hustling her train up the steep grade out of Colmor, the Amtrak 169 pulls The Southwest Chief up to the final intermediate signal before Levy Siding. The stark, but beautiful landscape of Norther... (more)