A Roanoke bound train just underwent an engine change from electric to diesel in DC, and enters Virginia with a P42 on the point.

AMTK 10004 (Viewliner Inspection Car) provides Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner a great view as the California Zephyr runs through Plainview on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

The cows are more interested in the photographer as the California Zephyr, led by Amtrak engine #82 in Phase VII paint, heads up Big Ten Curve at Rocky, Colorado.

Snow has blanketed Coal Creek Canyon as the California Zephyr runs towards Tunnel #1.

Amtrak engine #169 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr through a sunny but snow packed Crescent, Colorado.

Light snow is falling as the Winter Park Express runs through Crescent, Colorado on its way to the ski resort.

"A Blue Afternoon at Ardsley"

On the overcast afternoon of March 19th, 2024, Amtrak P42DC #100, painted in "Midnight Blue", leads Empire Train 280 through Ardsley... (more)

P449 heads west thru Chatham, as the engineer gives me a thumbs down for my Boston Red Sox gear lol; The Amtrak 100 trailed 3 of 4 on this train.

Buffalo Summer. Amtrak Train 63 makes a nice appearance next to Interstate 190 with the skyline of Buffalo, New York in the background on the sunny early afternoon of June 29, 2022. Amtrak ... (more)

The Empire Builder pauses for the conductor to engage the electric switch at the west end of the Minnesota Commercial yard area at St. Anthony Junction in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Recent snow and w... (more)

The esteemed Conductor, Brad Swartzwelter, of the Amtrak's Winter Park Express Ski Train, is retiring from Amtrak after 30 years of service, and will make his last WPE ride on the 31st of March on... (more)

P125 heads out of RO with a single aging P40DC leading. The US Capitol building can be seen on the right thanks to some recent brush cutting at this location.

Amtrak's southbound Crescent crosses over the Coosa River as it heads for its next station stop in Birmingham.

On March 20, 1949, the first run of the original California Zephyr departed Chicago, Illinois, bound for the west coast. A 75th anniversary run of the westbound California Zephyr, Amtrak’s train... (more)

Amtrak GE P42DC No. 174 has been repainted in Phase VII colors and leads the Winter Park Express ski train at Fraser, Colorado, on March 21, 2024.