Chargers for the second time lead the Silver Star. Dual sets of chargers have turned up on 97/98 and now have reached 91/92.

Amtrak's Empire Builder slows for a station stop at Edmonds, WA.

While the new Chargers are daily sights elsewhere on Amtrak trains, this is the first pair to lead without assistance in Florida, seen on the northbound run from Miami.

On Christmas Day, Amtrak 30 led by ALC-42 310, flies through Washington Grove, MD with a friend of mine pointing from the cab.

"Chargers-on-Hudson"

During the night of November 20th, 2023, Amtrak Extra 843/862, with Siemens ALC-42's 340 and 342 are seen pulling into Croton Harmon station in Croton-o... (more)

Getting back up to trackspeed, Amtrak 30, the Eastbound Capitol Limited travels through Rockville, Maryland bound for Washington, DC.

First Day At Croton Harmon. From November 20-21, 2023, an Amtrak ALC-42 Cab Signal Interference Test Train operated on the Northeast Corridor and Hudson Lines. While these locomotives are n... (more)

First Day During The Day. From November 20-21, 2023, an Amtrak ALC-42 Cab Signal Interference Test Train operated on the Northeast Corridor and Hudson Lines. While these locomotives are not... (more)

The Coast Starlight arrives in Oakland

Amtrak P089 arrived at its final destination at the Savannah Station with locomotive 301 “the Day One Heritage Unit” which honors the one-off paint livery that Amtrak had when it first began o... (more)

On a hot September morning, the equipment for this day's northbound train 14, Amtrak's Coast Starlight (Los Angeles to Seattle), has just backed into Los Angeles Union Station's Track 12, and will... (more)

AMTK 318 leads the Empire Builder toward Maryhill, WA.

AMTK 318 leads the Empire Builder toward Maryhill, WA.

Amtrak 334 sitting at the Savannah Station which was built in 1962 and used by the Atlantic Coast Line in their final years of operation before merging with the Seaboard Air Line to form the Seabo... (more)

The Empire Builder's consist pulls out of Portland Union Station to be wyed for the return trip east