Amtrak 69 the "Adirondack" crosses the Saranac River in Plattsburgh with an unusual Dash8-32BWH filling in for the usual P42DC today.

The GE P32 is not a small locomotive, as illustrated here with Amtrak's No. 514 coupled to PRR GG-1 No. 4859. The G was temporarily moved from under Harrisburg's train shed to allow trackwork to ... (more)

AMTK 68 with AMTK 514 leading is about ten minutes out of Central Station in Montreal as it passes the downtown skyline. In the foreground is a very late VIA 633, preparing to head onto the Victor... (more)

A Capitol rolls through Jack London Square on a quiet Sunday morning.

The morning Capitol makes its station stop at Emeryville. At the time, there were just three daily Capitol trains in each direction.

Out of the rain
On a rainy spring day in California, a woman waits for her train at the former Santa Fe station in Stockton on March 13, 1995.

Another shot from the old print box. Amtrak #36, the Desert Wind rounding Sullivan's Curve in Cajon Pass. That “Pepsi Can” P32-8 looks pretty good to me. Scanned from a color print.

Racing past Metrolink's layover yard in Moorpark, Amtrak 761 picks up speed even with three additional coaches and one locomotive on this morning's train. The extra equipment comes following large... (more)

AMTK 510 leads Amtrak 782 south as it skirts the Pacific Ocean one final time before beginning to bank inland for Los Angeles. Once there, the 510 and two additional coaches will be cut off having... (more)

The San Joaquin Goes Surfing. Looking somewhat out of place along the coast line, CDTX 2051 and three San Joaquin/Capitol Corridor coaches bring up the rear of Amtrak 761 as it leaves Ventu... (more)

Dash-8 Leader: The 500 series P32-BWH locomotives rarely lead trains on Amtrak anymore but every once in a while, you'll see one leading to Coast Starlight. Here, 507 leads train 11 through... (more)

A westbound Amtrak “San Joaquin’’ led by GE B32BWH No. 512 heads out on the approach for the Middle River Drawbridge at Middle River, California. It’s Winterail weekend on March 12, 1995, ... (more)

Hurricane Florence disruptions gave us a truncated Sliver Star with a very rare leader. The last time I caught a Dash 8 leader here on Amtrak was June 6,2008 which is also in the database.

A P32 substitutes for the normal cab cars used on Amtrak's Hiawatha trains as Milwaukee train 337 rolls north through Franksville, WI.

The Sun Sets On Three Generations of Power. As Amtrak 785 drops downgrade off the Redondo Flyover with an endangered F59PHi on the rear, a freshly washed AMTK 507 and Santa Fe 3751's tende... (more)