The northbound "Silver Meteor" crosses Powells Creek in Virginia's Leesylvania State Park in warm morning light not long after dawn.

As Amtrak Train 42 makes its way around Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, PA on 6/25/2017, the former New York Central observation car "Babbling Brook" brings up the markers.

Steel City Bound

The annual fire department fund-raising carnival is getting set up in the borough of Lilly, Pennsylvania, on June 26, 2017. The carnival's trucks were still arrivin... (more)

"The Pennsylvanian" heads up the West Slope of the Allegheny Mountains at Lilly, PA.

The eastbound Pennsylvanian zips through New Florence as it heads to the next station in Johnstown. The previous days rain has puddled allowing for a nice reflection.

AMTK 88 leads 04T towards Lewistown. They were running 4 minutes behind schedule.

Amtrak 89 makes a station stop in Wilson, NC about an hour late. Blocking the crossing during the station stop, the station attendant loads the baggage car. Railfans gather to watch the departur... (more)

The fill that washed out
Thick fog is lifting off of the Flatirons west of Plainview, Colorado, as Amtrak’s No. 5, the California Zephyr, climbs the Front Range of the Rockies on the ... (more)

Amtrak Train No. 3, The Southwest Chief, makes its station stop at Kansas City Union Station on a warm August night. Amtrak's Missouri River Runner can be seen laying over for the night on the nex... (more)

Amtrak operated a 16-car passenger train for members of AAPRCO (American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners) from Denver to Billings, Montana, for their annual convention in the summer of ... (more)

Amtrak’s No. 5, the California Zephyr, climbs the Front Range of the Rockies on the morning on May 30, 2011. The fog is lifting off the Flatirons west of Plainview, Colorado, as the train thread... (more)

Amtrak No. 5, running 30 minutes late, races towards Denver and its next stop at Union Station.

A heavy early morning fog is just lifting off the Flatiron rock formations at Plainview, Colorado, as Amtrak’s California Zephyr crosses the west switch at Plain and is about to enter Tunnel 2 a... (more)

Carbondale to Chicago "Saluki" runs past the old Illinois Central station in Champaign on a Saturday morning run.

The Empire Builder has just passed the x-overs known as Tamarack and is five miles from a station stop in Columbus.