Many wrecked/dead Amtrak P42s sit outside the shop at Beech Grove. Amtrak heritage units 66 and 156, both of which are wrecked, as well as Veterans unit 42 are included in the group.

With the Rhode Island state capitol in the background, the engineer of a southbound Amtrak train looks back over the platform during the stop at Providence, RI. In 1986 the tracks through downtown... (more)

The Southwest Chief passing the majestic towering red rock Mesa at Mesita, NM.

The Southwest Chief passes under the Santa Fe searchlight cantilever just south of Trinidad as it continues it's journey west to Los Angeles.

The Southwest Chief makes the birds scatter as it splits the blades at MP 706.2 just south of Springer as it heads for a station stop in Las Vegas, NM.

The cloud line is aligned so the Southwest chief is just on the edge as it trots along at maximum authorized speed.

Today was to be a landmark day in the history of Amtrak and Washington State DOT. And it was. Unfortunately, the debut of new Talgo passenger train service along I-5 from Tacoma to Nisqually met w... (more)

With the summit of Raton Pass nearly at hand Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief rounds the famous curve at Wootton.

EMD's first F40, and the first of the more than 200 that Amtrak would own, pauses at New London, CT, with a Boston-bound corridor train. New London Union Station, in the background, was opened in ... (more)

The eastbound Southwest Chief stretches its legs across the scenic plains of the New Mexico countryside.

The eastbound Southwest Chief stretches its legs across the scenic plains of the New Mexico countryside.

The eastbound Southwest Chief works its way over Raton Pass past the historic Dick Wootton Ranch and Old Santa Fe Train sign.

The eastbound Southwest Chief splits semaphores with a magnificent sky as we chase north.

The eastbound Southwest Chief's engineer gives a wave as they roll past some of the few remaining semaphore signals in the New Mexico countryside.

Scooting through the remote back hills of New Mexico's San Miguel county Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief, train #3, approaches a set of intermediate blades east of Chapelle, NM.