Amtraking

Amtrak’s westbound Southwest Chief climbs Raton Pass at Wootton, Colorado, on March 6, 2005. Two deadhead Superliner cars up front make for a strange looking train…

On March 3, 2002, Amtrak’s train No. 3, the Southwest Chief, snakes through the tight confines of scenic Apache Canyon between Canyoncito and Lamy, New Mexico.

Amtrak No. 3, the Southwest Chief, climbs Raton Pass at Gallinas, Colorado, on the morning of March 6, 2005. Two GE P42DC locomotives sandwich P32-8 (Dash 8-32BWH) No. 511, with a train that inclu... (more)

Amtrak 134 leads the westbound Capitol Limited through downtown Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Amtrak No. 3 curves into Watrous, New Mexico, at milepost 750 on March 6, 2005. In the hole is an eastbound BNSF intermodal waiting for the Southwest Chief to pass on this nice, late winter day on... (more)

Amtrak No 5’s engineer gets onboard GE P42DC No. 134 on the morning of October 14, 2012. This view of the California Zephyr’s station stop in Denver from Wewatta Street will soon vanish. For s... (more)

Amtrak P42 134 departs Wisconsin Dells with the westbound Builder.

Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, gets serviced during the station stop at Denver, Colorado, on October 14, 2012. This included getting the front windows washed on P42DC No. 134. Denver Union S... (more)

During Amtrak No. 5’s station stop at the temporary depot across from Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, lead locomotive No. 134 needed to have a shattered mirror replaced. You have to be a somewh... (more)

Amtrak will take you... Where no car or plane would dare take you. The passengers aboard the Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr wake up to the incredible mountain scenes of the Sierra Nev... (more)

Amtrak 48 rolls into North East on a cool hazy morning in upper PA.

A late running Amtrak train #22, the Texas Eagle, glides down a hill past my residence at the time as it is about to pass through De Soto, MO. 7/31/10

Good timing for the Starlight just as the sun burned through the morning fog in S.E. Thurston County, WA.

Amtrak 134 quickly leads the southbound Coast Starlight through Chular, CA in the beautiful Salinas Valley. On this section of the Coast Line, passengers get to view lettuce and artichoke fields a... (more)