Amtraks unique P30CH 722 switching the yards of the Union Station of Chicago

The northbound Palmetto has just crossed the Ashley River bridge and is rolling across the flats along the river. Bennett Yard is just a few hundred yards ahead, and just beyond the yard, the sta... (more)

A single P30CH leads a passenger train across the diamonds at Wellsboro. Tom Golden photo.

An Amtrak P30CH patiently awaits a departure from Joliet Union Station while the rear of the Rock Island's 20th Century Railroad Club special passes through the interlocking as the train heads nor... (more)

Just after sunrise, the westbound Sunset Limited has arrived on time at Los Angeles.

Waiting at Lorton for the afternoon departure to Sanford, Florida.

Amtrak Auto Train getting ready for it's arrival in a few minutes after the trip from Florida.

The Panama Limited prepares to leave NOPUT.

A Pooch leads what I guess is a hospital train through the big curve north of Hanahan on a - naturally - hazy, overcast early summer morning.

2001 miles from its origination city (New Orleans, Louisiana) Amtrak train 1, the westbound tri-weekly Sunset Limited, makes its next-to-last station stop before arriving in Los Angeles. D... (more)

Led by a pair of P30CHs, a Chicago-bound Amtrak train is seen passing the rear end of an ICG freight as well as the Homewood passenger station platforms. Tom Golden photo.

Only 25 "POOCHes" were built by GE and all were scrapped, but here's two in their heyday heading up a 1978 Lancaster Chapter NRHS fall foliage excursion, westbound at Kittanning Point.

An Amtrak P30CH leads a four-car train heading east on the Illinois Central Gulf at 16th Street Interlocking. This junction is where the north-south Rock Island line met the east-west Illinois Ce... (more)

CAPITOL CONFLUENCE This view from Split Rock atop Loudoun Heights overlooking Harpers Ferry, WV and the Potomac Shenandoah Water Gap through the Blue Ridge Mountains on this absolutely gorgeous F... (more)

Amtrak's Sunset Limited and a westbound SP freight pass each other east of Tucson.