A little worse for wear is Alto Tower in downtown Altoona. After closing at the end of June the tower stands silently watching the goings on around it. The removal of the PRR signals and a break i... (more)
The 14 jaunts through the raunchy unincorporated community of Glenwood sandwiched between Eugene and Springfield.
The Builder moves at twilight into the frozen Wisconsin night.
The 2:00 Strasburg train, behind ex-N&W 475, has just arrived at Paradise (PA, that is) in time for a meet with an eastbound Amtrak train on the old Pennsy mainline.
A seven hour late running Capitol Limited heads across the frozen Cuyahoga River on the coldest day I've ever taken part in. The wind chill was at -29 degrees on this perfectly sunny morning.
An Amtrak Superliner backs around the Canal Street Wye to realign for a push through the washers, a servicing, and restationing for its next route.
A line of Amtrak P42DC's await duty outside Amtrak's Chicago shops. Of note are AMTK 30 and AMTK 32, both of which sport white logos and numbers, something I've never seen before.
The westbound California Zephyr is between Clay and Plainview Sidings. The train has just passed over Blue Mountain Crossing and will be entering into tunnel #1 in about a mile.
One of the last westbound Texas Eagles to run on the current schedule is heading abnormally slow through Lemont today. To the left of the engine is Canal Street, and Petersons Hardware, and awesom... (more)
Eastbound , Taken With 70- 300mm Telephoto Zoom Lens At 135mm
Amtrak's California Zephyr makes a station stop in Grand Junction. This is a "smoker" stop, which means time to get up front and grab a shot of the train I'm riding. Ahead, a spectaular sunset i... (more)
165 & two other units bring a train into Chicago's Union Station.
Amtrak #7 blasts past the empty coal train on its way to its next stop at Winona, MN. (Canon EOS20D, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM)
