Friends Meet: As Capitol Limited #29 performs a station stop at the iconic hillside town of Harpers Ferry, WV, the engineer of the train meets a good friend of his who is in town to watch some of ... (more)

Racing south behind a pair of P40DC's, Amtrak's Autotrain cruises through Dumbarton, Virginia outside of Richmond where it meets CSX freight M422 that is just completing its work at Acca Yard and ... (more)

"Dieselized Night Owl Over Mianus"

On the morning of June 3rd, 2024, Amtrak's eastbound "Night Owl" (66), led by solo P42DC #104, treks across the uniquely-wireless Mianus River Railr... (more)

P42DC #75, in the new Phase VII scheme, is rolling to a stop at the art deco station of Prince, W.Va. This station has certainly seen better days. Years of lack of maintenance and TLC is starting ... (more)

One of Amtrak's P42 workhorses to receive the railroad's new paint scheme (Phase VII) leads the southbound Silver Meteor though Boca Raton on a heavily overcasted July evening. It really is nice t... (more)

Amtrak engine #146 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr through South Draw, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

The California Zephyr emerges from Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado as it heads into the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

1246 pulls into Albany coming off the Post Road Branch.

A Sunday westbound Keystone Service Train expresses through Metuchen Interlocking on Northeast Corridor Track #3. On the hind end is Metroliner Cab Car AMTK 9634. AMTK 670 was the last engine deli... (more)

Amtrak 160 leads the west bound borealis train 1333 seen here crossing the Rock River in Watertown on the CPKC Watertown Sub.

Borealis 1333 ducks under the UP Milwaukee Sub with 160 in the lead. Visible on the rear of the train is the first long distance charger appearance on the borealis due to power shortages in Chicag... (more)

Amtrak engine #157 (P42DC) exits Tunnel #1 at Plainview, leading the California Zephyr into the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

Amtrak 50, the eastbound Cardinal pops out of the east portal of the Blue Ridge Tunnel on Buckingham Branch Railroad’s North Mountain Subdivision. The train is nearly crawling past me, as just a... (more)

Flyer In The Berkshires. Amtrak Train 1233 (Berkshire Flyer) was passing through a curve filled with scenic lush foliage and mountains in the background in Canaan, New York on Sunday, Jul... (more)

Amtrak 30th Street station Philadelphia Pennsylvania. July 17, 1977. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo