The final run of Amtrak's state-supported overnight Sacramento to Los Angeles train, the Spirit of California, has arrived in Los Angeles on October 1st, 1983. This service operated just t... (more)

Amtrak road and switch power takes a break at the Rio Grande passenger station on 5th West and Broadway in Salt Lake City. The Amtrak 283 is an EMD F40PH while the 551 is a former Santa Fe SSB1200... (more)

A westbound Amtrak train arrives at the Kirkwood, Missouri, station on the afternoon of June 12, 1990.

Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr train #5 makes a quick station stop at the Rio Grande depot in Helper, Utah. The image was shot on Kodachrome 25 slide film the day after the Summer Solstice, ... (more)

The Loop, Amtrak train #311, passes Ridgely Tower during the summer of 1993. Look at all the history: No. 10 slip switch is still in place, the "Iron Man" train order stand hasn't been rem... (more)

Passing Amtrak-California #2001 brand new and on display on a siding long since abandoned.

Northbound "Silver Meteor"

Amtrak F40PH 283 brings the very last southbound #15 Spirit of California, a train operated overnight between southern and northern California for a short time in the early 1980s. (Note th... (more)

The University of Iowa has brought in the Denver Ski-Train to shuttle passengers to its football games to help ease parking congestion. Here is the Ski-Train as seen in Trains Magazine waiting to... (more)

westbound Desert Wind passes thru Cajon on way to Los Angeles

These were in captive service between Sheffield and Chattanooga.