Meeting CSX Q034 on the Powells Creek bridge

Amtrak No. 8, the eastbound Empire Builder, climbs over Marias Pass past milepost 1148 east of Summit, Montana, on September 8, 1999. Several private cars are tucked behind the locomotives this su... (more)

Here's a glimpse of Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief #3 as it travels past an active set of semaphore signals. Located in Chapelle, NM, these are only some of many that still remain operational ... (more)

Amtrak 53 races through rural Seville a few days after Amtrak's 44th birthday. After a week of unsettled weather we catch a spell of pleasant dry air, warm days and cool nights.

While it's no Southern E8 like would really be fit for this scene, one of Amtrak older Genesis model engines leads the southbound Crescent, which is pausing at Peachtree Station in Atlanta for a c... (more)

The Auto Train is seen stretching out between the BX Interlocking Pictured, and North Collier, behind my position about 1/4 a mile.

Amtrak 822, one of the Phase III heritage units, leads the Texas Eagle's consist around the wye at Canal Street preparing for its next trip.

Awaiting today's AutoTrain, which will leave later from here bound for Lorton, VA.

I was able to catch my first Amtrak Heritage unit in the day light on Friday evening. The only way to capture Amtrak in Utah under normal scheduled is out in the east desert on old D&RGW main. Th... (more)

The sun has set on the first weekend of Spring, and Amtrak train P066 has fully stopped in the Fredericksburg Station as passengers shuffle around and head to the coach to load up for the trip nor... (more)

Weekday Amtrak Regional 176 (or 014 in NS-speak) storms North on a Clear through the "Red Hill" CP. The Washington District hosts a variety of passenger services over various stretches ... (more)

Eastbound Amtrak number 4, Southwest Chief, departing Marceline.

Amtrak's Auto Train is seen stretching through the Randolph Macon College Campus in Downtown Ashland, Virginia.

With a friendly wave from the crew, Amtrak's Chicago bound Southwest Chief #4 travels east out of Sands, NM on an absolutely beautiful pre-spring afternoon.

Amtrak P052, the auto train, rolls north over the McGirts Creek bridge shortly before all the remaining light was gone. Lit with 4 Nikon SB24s.