This is Not the Train You Were Expecting!

Officially, This evening's Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago, ha... (more)

AMTK 203, Amtrak's "Operation Lifesaver" P42DC honoring that organization's 50th Anniversary, reverses underneath 18th Street south of downtown Chicago and across the former Pennsylvania... (more)

A late #4 Southwest Chief passes the Santa Fe steam locomotive #2913 on its way to Chicago.

Amtrak's Operation Lifesaver painted unit leads a late westbound Southwest Chief, passing under the flyover of UP's Yuma Subdivision at Colton.

The southbound Silver Meteor, with Operation Lifesaver P42DC #203, passes by Glenrose Road at the north end of CSX's Taft yard. A few old ACL codeline poles still stand here reminding us of a time... (more)

At 8:00 in the morning, Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief out of Chicago, parallels Orangethorpe Avenue in eastern Anaheim. This train is running 18 minutes ahead of schedule, ... (more)

Sunset at Tunnel 1 California Zephyr just exited tunnel 1, ending its journey in the tunnel district on the Moffat Sub.

Operation Lifesaver Amtrak 6 is running east of the Great Divide with the OLS unit on lead.

So often Amtrak train 3, the Chicago to Los Angeles Southwest Chief, arrives in southern California hours late. Naturally, on a day in which it has an interesting set of power (P42DC 203, ... (more)

Rio Grande Colors in the Snow Well almost, but enough to stir my imagination and delight my senses on this beautiful flocked morning in the tunnel district. Operation Lifesaver P42 uni... (more)

Amtrak engine #203 (Operation Life Saver P42DC) runs through ground fog at Tonville, Colorado as it heads to Denver on the Brush Sub.

The California Zephyr is led by Amtrak engine #203 (P42DC) in the special paint scheme of Operation Life Saver as it rounds the corner leading to Tunnel #1 on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Amtrak engine #203 (Operation Life Saver P42DC) runs through Coal Creek Canyon as it heads into the Colorado Rocky Mountains on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Amtrak's Operation Lifesaver engine #203 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr through Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado as it heads to Coal Creek Canyon.

A spectacular red sunrise in Roggen, Colorado greets the passengers and crew of the California Zephyr as it runs west on the Brush Sub towards Denver.