Unusual to see two units on the "Desert Wind"
On Day One of Amtrak, the first westbound North Coast Hiawatha from Chicago to Seattle passes by Dayton's Bluff, led by an ex-Northern Pacific F9. Scanned from a Kodachrome slide.
A pair of ill-fated SDP40Fs lead the southbound Floridian on some street running through downtown Lafayette. The train is making a 10pm station stop at the Lahr Hotel. Fast forward 30 years, and... (more)
The "Broadway Limited" storming east out of Pittsburgh on the former Pennsy
Amtrak train #25, the westbound Pioneer crosses a fill between the Columbia River and a causeway near Cascade Locks.
One month old Amtrak SDP40Fs 509 and 517 lead the eastbound Texas Chief a few minutes after its 9:50am departure from Houston's Union Station.
The westbound "International", with the Niagara Escarpment in the background.
Amtrak #36, the eastbound Desert Wind, detours over the Santa Fe Pasadena Subdivision in Highland Park, with 'Pepsi-Can' class unit 500 leading an F40PH.
A unique consist... superliner coach, a combine w/ blanked out windows, a viewliner sleeping car, & a horizion coach. I'm assuming this is the "Hoosier State" from Indy.
The Desert Wind
A typical late 70's dining car setup for Amtrak. This is on an ex-Santa Fe diner on the Lone Star.
Eastbound Broadway Limited On a Cold Snowy Day
eastbound Broadway Limited passes thru the Curve
eastbound Desert Wind passes thru Cajon Summit
