Whenever I see this unit I think of Steve Martin doing the King Tut song!

Engine 470, still wrapped in its King Tut livery, whisks the evening Amtrak Cascades train 509 southbound along Puget Sound where it passes the town's vacant and decaying 1914 vintage Northern Pac... (more)

ODOT1 - Oh Dat 1 ugly piece of rolling stock. The newest Cascades Talgo set, sporting a cab car that could only have been designed by a committee, rolls through Tacoma for the first time, and it d... (more)

A going away shot of Talgo's strange looking new equipment as it heads North into Denver. This was a deadhead move that originated at the test track at Pueblo and was heading to Oregon where this ... (more)

Out of the most "uneventful" winter in the Puget Sound, comes a stunning sunset. Finally, passengers aboard the Cascades get to see something in the sky other than gray or black.

Amtrak Cascades F59PHI no. 470 leads the Empire Builder through Brookfield, WI. It was typical cloudy and gray Wisconsin weather, but it's not every day that you see King Tut flying through Brookf... (more)

Amtrak Cascades train #506 heads northbound about 5 miles north of Tacoma, Washington. 14,411-foot Mount Rainier can be seen in the distant background.

Find your beach. An Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train comes cruising along the Pacific Coast Line as it passes through Gaviota, California. Passengers who are heading towards San Luis Obispo w... (more)

An hour late Pacific Surfliner #583 arrives behind NCPU #90230 in Cascade colors. As this train arrived about the time the next train, which goes further north of LA, was supposed to arrive, there... (more)

Amtrak 470 is anything but common while wrapped (like a mummy?) to promote the King Tutankhamen exhibit at Seattle's Pacific Science Center.

Like the setting sun, the days for views like this for passengers, are fading fast. In the not too distant future, the Cascades fares will entitle passengers to views of Dupont, Lakewood and Sou... (more)

Northbound Surfliner enroute to Los Angeles, from San Diego, is seen at the highest elevated spot during its journey: CP Galivan.

Early Saturday morning in downtown Seattle finds a rare clear winter sky allowing the rising sun to be reflected, as well a lot of activity at King Street Station. Ready to depart for Eugene OR is... (more)

As the winter sun rises over the Cascades, its warm rays start to melt the morning frost and fill the valley with a light fog that glows from the sun. It’s a serene and beautiful morning that co... (more)

The setting sun illuminates the aluminum bodies of Amtrak’s Talgo train as it heads north past the Ferry Terminal at Steilacoom. The Cascade service has 5 of these equipment sets in service all ... (more)