Bringing up the rear of Amtrak’s 10-car California Zephyr is heavyweight private car Santa Fe No. 33, the “Redwood Empire,” built by Pullman in 1923 for the Santa Fe as business car No. 33. ... (more)

Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr descends on the two percent grade of the Moffat Tunnel route after rounding Big 10 Curve between Eisele and Rocky, Colorado, on the afternoon of May 4, 2018.... (more)

Amtrak's recently-painted Phase IV heritage P42 no. 164 makes an appearance on the point of a pleasantly-late Crescent as it leans into the s-curve at Red Lane on a bright summer morning.

AMTK 14 leads the northbound Coast Starlight along Klamath Lake, OR. Mt. Shasta in the background.

Amtrak's recently-painted Phase IV heritage P42 no. 164 makes an appearance on the point of a pleasantly-late Crescent as it pokes into the only morning southbound light here at Red Lane. Kudzu ha... (more)

AMTK 14 leads the northbound Coast Starlight near Worden Falls, OR. Mt. Shasta in the background.

AMTK 320 leads the southbound Coast Starlight at Klamath Falls, OR.

On a humid morning, the southbound Amtrak Crescent flies through the tiny town of Oakwood with P42DCs 194 and 71 doing the honors for the trip to New Orleans.

Train Takes Shower. The car wash at the Amtrak yard in Los Angeles, California is giving Amtrak Train 2 (Sunset Limited) a scrub after its arrival on August 23, 2017. The lustre of the shin... (more)

Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited, has just exited, the Breakneck Ridge tunnel with P32AC-DM 714 leading.

The California Zephyr leaves Rollinsville, Colorado after a crew change. Heavy snows in western Colorado resulted in the first crew timing out.

Surfliner Triple Seven. Amtrak/Amtrak California Train 777 was heading from Los Angeles, California to San Luis Obispo, California on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 next to US Route 101 when it p... (more)

Some Colorado River rafters enjoy a shoreline lunch as Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr curves overhead while negotiating Little Gore Canyon east of Radium, Colorado, on June 20, 2023.

Ethan Allen on the Hudson: Amtrak's "Ethan Allen Express" is seen charging south on the Hudson Line on a cold crisp day in January. The Ethan Allen Express's northern-most origina... (more)

Pitch Fork. The New York Central searchlights on the pitchfork at CP 94 in Barrytown, New York lasted in to the modern era and were by this time unique on the Empire/Hudson Line, but have s... (more)