A pair of Amtrak F40PHs are parked at Joliet's Union Station as a part of the X2000 travelling display. Tom Golden photo.

Amtrak 342 flies white "extra" flags leading an Amtrak excursion sponsored by the Lancaster, PA Chapter NRHS northbound through Pine Creek Gorge, the "Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania&q... (more)

The "Parker Peavine Extra" performs a photo runby on the Fourth District of Santa Fe's Albuquerque Division. This train was a circle trip out of Los Angeles; on this day, the train was p... (more)

A Bruce Van Sant original Kodachrome slide from my collection

A Walter Schopp original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

In spring 1995, Oregon DOT used a Talgo set laying over at Portland for quick demonstration trips to Salem on weekends. One of these trains has just arrived at Salem. The engineer is leaving the... (more)

Back when Amtrak would run excursions, a two-day Oregon circle trip climbs the west side of the Cascades on Southern Pacific. The train was sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Chapter NRHS, and ov... (more)

Pacific Rail Society's "Desert Scout" excursion awaits its return to Los Angeles while passengers check out the former Harvey House.

First run of the Denver Post Frontier days special from Denver to Cheyenne and return, after a hiatus of several years.

The westward Reno Fun Train picking up passengers at the Reno Depot

The westbound Reno Fun Train behind preserved F40 locomotives #231 and #281 passing thru the moonscape of Mogul. Nevada.

Only 25 "POOCHes" were built by GE and all were scrapped, but here's two in their heyday heading up a 1978 Lancaster Chapter NRHS fall foliage excursion, westbound at Kittanning Point.

One of the greatest rare mileage excursions Amtrak ever ran was the Parker Peavine Extra. In three days it traveled from LA to Flagstaff on the Transcon, Flagstaff to Phoenix on the Peavine via As... (more)

In June 1999, Oregon DOT sent a Cascades Talgo set to Medford as a promotion for thruway bus service. Aside from a rare mileage excursion in 1996, it was the first public passenger train on the Si... (more)

The American Orient Express climbs the Front Range of the Rockies approaching Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, Colorado, on September 6, 2001.