Back when Amtrak would run excursions, a two-day Oregon circle trip climbs the west side of the Cascades on Southern Pacific. The train was sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Chapter NRHS, and ov... (more)

Metra 163 pushes a rush hour inbound commuter train back into Chicago.

Wrapped VIA 6437 leads VIA 22 as it heads east on the north track of CN's Montreal Sub. In the background is the new Turcot interchange, with the old one largely demolished at this point.

Veteran F40PH 125 throws out a cloud of smoke as it cruises though Hinsdale with train 1277. In the background, train 1275 is slowing for a station stop.

A Joliet-bound Metra train passes beneath the Rock Island searchlights at Robbins.

A few Metra trains rest in the yard at Orland 179th

On June 16, 2001, a summertime run of Ansco’s Rio Grande Ski Train passes through 75-foot Tunnel 29 westbound just east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on Union Pacific’s scenic former Rio Grande Moffat ... (more)

An outbound metra pulls into the Geneva station

Union Pacific Northwest Service train arrives after a late April snow at Harvard Metra Station.

A Los Angeles bound Amtrak "San Diegan" is just a minute or two out of it's Del Mar station stop along the California coast

APRIL SNOW - Metra Union Pacific Northwest Service train arrives during April snow at Harvard Metra Station.

As the Coast Starlight closes in on its station stop at Klamath Falls, the PTLAT departs for Los Angeles.

The Coast Starlight heads north in the shadow of Mount Shasta. When the diner goes by there will be a nice whiff of breakfast.

With the 1980s version of the Seattle skyline in the background, Amtrak's Pioneer gets underway out of King Street Station, bound for Salt Lake City and a Chicago connection.

A shot from Cochrane Shops as Ontario Northland's newly acquired APCU's 221 and 220 are being worked on by support workers from NRE on 2 track April 6, 2019.