Chargers Recharging. On Friday, August 26, 2022, the Amtrak California Zephyr was powered exclusively by Siemens ALC-42s for the first time. AMTK 301 (First Day, 50th Anniversary) and 309 (... (more)

It won't be long before the last semaphore signals are removed from Levy and Wagon Mound, New Mexico. These sentinels of the Southwest Chief are being replaced for conventional signal poles.

A pink sunrise glints off the side of the California Zephyr as it splits the signals near Keenesburg, Colorado.

The California Zephyr runs in the freezing snow as it heads east through Fort Morgan, Colorado.

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.