This evening's California Zephyr (#6) passes through Crescent, Colorado, as heavy snow falls accompanied by gusty winds. The temperature yesterday was 95 degrees, and the huge snow storm today not... (more)

By the time this evening's California Zephyr (#6) got to Crescent, Colorado, there was heavy snow falling accompanied by gusty winds. The temperature yesterday was 95 degrees, and the huge snow st... (more)

Amtrak Regional 125 is seen departing Washington DC with the United States Capital building looming in the background.

Amtrak Regional 176 is seen passing CFP 105 in Alexandria, Virginia. The train is about to make a station stop before continuing Northeast to Boston.

Amtrak Northeast Regional 171 is seen departing Alexandria, Virginia. The train originated in Boston and will terminate in Roanoke, Virginia later in the evening.

Amtrak 181 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr over the South Platte River and into the Denver Yard, where it will then back up towards Union Station in lower downtown Denver.

Amtrak 51, the westbound Cardinal, rolls west over the Mountain sub through the small town of Goshen. Operation of this line has passed to the Buckingham Branch Railroad which still uses jointed r... (more)

In the city of the winds, is reached see part of the skyline. GE P42DC Amtrak units at Chicago's 18th Street Amtrak locomotives facility, with St. Charles Air Line bridge, and old CPG Continental ... (more)

Just 5 days before the Mt. Adams trainset trailing this locomotive would be destroyed in a derailment of the only to date revenue passenger train on the Point Defiance Bypass at DuPont, WA (Amtrak... (more)

Today, December 18th 2017, started out as a day of celebration for the first runs of the Amtrak Cascades and the Starlight on the recently finished Lakewood Sub. Instead, it was a day of tragedy... (more)

The Vermonter at Springfield.

Splitting the intermediate semaphore signals at Bernal, located just west of Chapelle, AMTK 181 charges west with the Southwest Chief as it climbs toward the summit of Glorieta Pass along the join... (more)

The 2nd engineer enjoys a nice spring day by sticking his arm out the window as Amtrak #3, the Southwest Chief, climbs Raton Pass at 20 miles per hour. Soon, the train will be doing 79 miles per h... (more)

Amtrak P42DC #181 and 104 lead train #55, The Vermonter, over the Deerfield River at Greenfield, MA 1/28/16.

The last mainline with semaphore signals only sees two trains a day now, but a good day can still be had with Amtraks #3 and #4. On May 9, the crew was friendly, the train was on time, and we were... (more)