Southern California's Cajon Pass sees about 100 trains per day, from both BNSF Railway and Union Pacific (plus two Amtrak trains per day as well), and they tend to be long, heavy freights necessit... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 572, heading from Los Angeles to San Diego, passes through CP Maple, the junction of Metrolink's Orange Sub and Olive Sub (and thus the plethora of switches), in Or... (more)

Amtrak's "Phase I Heritage" unit, P42DC 156, sits in Washington DC's Union Station. By June 2021 this locomotive was im storage, replaced by P42DC 161, which got repainted in the Phase ... (more)

The Sun Sets On The 156. After many years of being stored in Beech Grove, Indiana due to accident damage, the scrapping of AMTK 156 (P42DC) has commenced. While being overhauled, it was re-... (more)

The Texas Eagle has departed St. Louis and crossed the Mississippi River into Illinois.

Having conquered Cajon Pass, the Pacific Railroad Society's 75th Anniversary special (symboled UP AMT966-02) heads across the Mojave Desert on its way from Los Angeles to Bakersfield. This is UP'... (more)

Amtrak #156 and several cars were on display at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in July 2012 along with the Norfolk Souothern fleet of heritage units.

Back Into The Light. A wide view shows the north end of the Willsboro Tunnel in Willsboro, New York on the former Delaware & Hudson Railroad during the Amtrak/Canadian Pacific/Capital Regio... (more)

10 years ago today, Amtrak posed all four of its 40th Anniversary heritage units for a family portrait on its birthday. How could Amtrak top that, especially given a worldwide pandemic thrown into... (more)

This photo was taken 40 years to the day from when the first Amtrak train operated. Heritage units painted by the Beech Grove shops displaying each of Amtrak's locomotive liveries were posed in th... (more)

Three years ago today. Amtrak 156 (P42DC) drew the lucky assignment of leading day two of the 18th Annual Capital Region Toys for Tots train on Sunday, Decemeber 3, 2017. During the first stop in ... (more)

Amtrak’s Phase I Heritage engine, P42DC 156, was painted to celebrate the carrier’s 40th Anniversary in 2011. After departing Los Angeles, AMTK 156, leading train 4, the now tri-weekly Sou... (more)

Amtrak Train #4, the Southwest Chief is seen accelerating off the high desert and through West Winslow as the sun begins to rise. The phase 1 heritage unit #156 is leading the train. The 12,633 f... (more)

The Texas Eagle has departed St. Louis and crossed the Mississippi River into Illinois.

Amtrak heritage unit 156 leads the Texas Eagle South past the historic C&A depot in Lemont.