This view of a southbound CTrail train shows how much the Amtrak Springfield Line has been shoehorned between the CTfastrak busway and Interstate 84. That's the busway's Sigourney Street station. ... (more)

A New Haven-bound CTrail train is on the roll out of Hartford's Union Station, with the Hartford skyline as a backdrop. When the big project to replace adjacent Interstate 84 gets underway, the pl... (more)

CTrail trains 6455 and 6456 meet at Willow interlocking in Berlin on a seasonably warm fall afternoon.

Amtrak 53 running late blasting out of Seville as Maryann gets her shots

The Auto Train!

Shore Line East Train 3645 on its return trip from New London. Former Amtrak P40DC 842 in need of rebuilding and a paint job in front of 3 Mafersa Coaches.

CTrail 4405 departs from Wallingford station on the first of October.

Sunset over the Crest of the Continent

Downgrade and at track speed number 6 flies around the fill at Leyden, CO. Intense sunsets have been a norm for several weeks over the f... (more)

Amtrak in Coal Creek

Climbing the grade in Coal Creek, 1105 running 45 minutes late climbs into the Fall late morning light westward for the Great Divide.

A trio of Amtrak GE P40DCs lead the eastbound Empire Builder through Grizzly, Montana, after a morning clamber over Marias Pass on December 22, 1998.

Metro-North 1167 to Stamford rounds Armstrong Curve in West Haven.

World famous Auto Train rolls southward.

Age is relative. While the P40DC is one of the older engines operating on Amtrak today (AMTK 822, Phase III), at the Valley Railroad it is one of the youngest ever to grace these rails. Seen on Su... (more)

Last stand. On the scorching hot summer morning of July 24, 2015, Amtrak's Auto Train (Train 52) crosses Powell's Creek in Woodbridge, Virginia. This train is famous for being "the longest passeng... (more)