A late westbound California Zephyr begins the 12-degree horseshoe curve just east of Pinecliff. This curve is the sharpest east of the Moffat Tunnel, and takes the train through the shortest of t... (more)
Just before 6am, Downeaster 680 captured is racing over a wooden bridge deep in the Scarborough Marsh. 71 is pushing this train of early rising passengers south, as my buddy Bill watches from his... (more)
P029 passes Brunswick's WB Tower and an old B&O CPL.
The Empire Builder passes the rising Mississippi River in downtown St. Paul. Raspberry Island is getting smaller by the day but likely won't be covered as they're predicting the river to crest to... (more)
Amtrak train #3 sits on track 12 at LAUPT, soon it will back down into Amtrak's Los Angeles coach yards.
AMTK #71 leads the Sunset with a standard consist up the Huey P. Long approach at Central Avenue.
Ready for departure
After a Louisville Ky. visit Amtraks Disney train heads north up the LIRC.Seen here in enters Indiana at Ashland Park for its next scheduled stop in Cleveland.
Heading north on the LIRC the Amtrak Disney train with P42DC's 71 and 157 leaves the Louisville Ky. area behind as its about to duck under Veterans Parkway.Next scheduled stop,Cleveland.
After a weekend in Louisville Amtrak P42DC's 71 and 157 lead the Disney train north across the Ohio River into Indiana.Traveling up the LIRC its next scheduled stop will be Cleveland.
The last rays of sun illuminate the westbound Capital Ltd as it approaches the Harpers Ferry station.
You know it is late in the day when the sunlight illuminates a train inside of Harpers Ferry Tunnel. The westbound Capitol Limited is arriving at the historic city in West Virginia's eastern Panh... (more)
In predawn light, northbound Amtrak splits the semaphores and the shorty blade drops in the ghostly image.
VIA 97, with Amtrak 71 on the point, rolls by SOR's Stuart St Yard while SOR's 3873 plays with a cut of tank cars and the borrowed CN 4776 looks on.
