Amtrak 717 departs Bakersfield with a Charger on the north end.

Altamont Corridor Express NB train 06 takes the west leg of the wye at CP-Shinn with a solo SC-44 Charger for power. Within the last few years ACE recieved 4 SC-44 locomotives to replace their fle... (more)

The afternoon Cascades service from Eugene to Seattle nears Junction City, Oregon. It is passing the water tower for the new Oregon State Hospital, which opened a few years ago. The hill in the di... (more)

Rolling along the Gaviota Coast north of Santa Barbara CA, Amtrak California, No. 777 the northbound Pacific Surfliner from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo passes through Gaviota State Park into a... (more)

Amtrak California, No. 777 the northbound Pacific Surfliner from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo passes through Gaviota State Park into a lowering sun.

Pushing southbound into the morning sunrise, the early morning Pacific Surfliner No. 768 to Los Angeles will round the curve at Emma Wood State Park and arrive at Ventura Ca.

The Blue Water makes a quick stop in Durand, MI while making its daily run between Chicago and Port Huron.

Amtrak's Tips Sevens Pacific Surfliner heads north passing Emma Wood state beach and about to duck under the old Route One bridge.

The northbound Saluki heads toward Chicago with a consist of Superliners. The same trainset came south on Monday with the newly reinstated train #393, The Illini.

Northbound San Joaquin heads for Stockton Ca.

The sun has just set and the last rays of evening sunlight warm the backs of boaters lined up waiting for the The Pere Marquette #370 to pass and the swing bridge to open again. Its a quarter af... (more)

Northbound San Joaquin 711 passing through Riverbank.

Amtrak tested out running the new Siemens SC-44 on the front of the California Zephyr in February, 2020. It left Denver in the middle of a blizzard as it made its way into the Colorado ROcky Moun... (more)

Charger Crossing The C&O Canal. MARC Train 881 (MARC 85, Siemens SC-44 leading) enjoys one of the longest light days of the year as it crosses C&O Canal Lock 33 and the Potomac River from K... (more)

Northbound Cascades at sunset on the Puget Sound. Once again, scenes like this are not long for this world, even now pretty rare, with the retirement of the Series 6 Talgo train sets.