Amtrak 508 has just started its 310 mile trip from Eugene to Seattle as it passes the water tower at the new Oregon State Hospital. Local icon Spencer Butte looms in the distance. This is the only... (more)

Night In The Station. On July 20, 2020, Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome/sleeper 313 (WEBX 801044) and former New York Central Railroad Budd built Pullma... (more)

The sole Talgo set currently in operation on Amtrak's Cascades service is parked at Eugene, awaiting a 4:30 pm departure for Seattle as train 508.

Amtrak's northbound Illinois Zephyr departs it's station stop in Galesburg, running about 40 minutes late bound for it's final destination of Chicago on a beautiful morning in early July.

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 584 accelerates out of the Oceanside Transportation Center and the train departs for San Diego on its trip from Los Angeles. CDTX SC-44 2121 leads this six-car tra... (more)

Midway through its trip from Eugene to Seattle, Amtrak Cascades train 500 enters Vancouver, Washington. The train has just crossed the Columbia River.

Del Mar Lavender. The sun was out when Amtrak California/Amtrak CDTX 2109 (SC44, Siemens) was crossing San Dieguito Lagoon in Del Mar, California on the afternoon of Friday, April 1, 2022 i... (more)

Cruising the Cliffs Coaster 679 sneaks up the Del Mar cliffs on a breezy Saturday afternoon with a relatively-new Siemens Charger leading.

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 562 departs the station in Fullerton as it heads to San Diego from Los Angeles. This train will cross from Track 1 to Track 3 at Fullerton Junction, which it is no... (more)

An outbound Coaster train to Oceanside departs San Diego's historic Santa Fe Depot on another perfect afternoon on the Southern California coast.

A northbound Pacific Surfliner train to Los Angeles and eventually Goleta gets its run underway departing the Santa Fe Depot in Downtown San Diego, while a light rail train nears the Depot stop on... (more)

On Amtrak's 51st Anniversary, Pacific Surfliner 588 makes its stop at the Santa Ana Transportation Center just after sunset as it heads from Los Angeles to San Diego. California Dep... (more)

Amtrak California Pacific Surfliner no. 777 northbound from Los Angeles, leaves Ventura and passes through Emma Wood State Park in the fading light of the day.

Awaiting its next assignment.

Rolling northbound out of the historic Santa Fe Depot.