The Texas Eagle #21 glides over the river and above the woods, safely elevated overhead the ghetto that is East St. Louis on the TRRA Pennsy Turnout, but not before offering the always spectacular... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr No. 6 seen traversing one of the many tight s-curves on UP's Donner Pass route.

Amtrak train 513 get's a unexpected bath! Due to extremely high winds and high tide, the storm surge was higher than I have ever seen it before on the Puget Sound! Waves were literally coming up a... (more)

After a overnight snow fall, most of the snow at Edmonds have melted with some of the snow still hanging on from a distance in Mukilteo. The wind really started to pick up with winds sustained up ... (more)

After its Las Vegas station stop, Train 3 prepares to stop at Ojita to meet its eastbound counterpart

Along the north bank of the Columbia River the Portland section of the Empire Builder approaches their next quick stop at the Wishram depot just beyond the other side of Tunnel 12 at 9:00am. Pers... (more)

An eastbound Empire Builder makes its way down the river valley toward Wenatchee after its evening stop at Leavenworth, Washington.

A late Amtrak Portland Section of the Empire Builder, Rolls through the long siding at Cooks, Washington on the beginning of it's long run to Spokane and eventually Chicago. Amtrak temporarily re... (more)

Train No. 8, the Empire Builder rounds the curve at Trinidad Loop in late afternoon lighting as it climbs out of the Columbia River valley between Rock Island and Quincy, WA.

With his hand on the horn, the engineer of Amtrak's Cascades honks for a crossing along the UP Brooklyn Subdivision in the Willamette Valley.

Amtrak Cascades Train #513 at Edmonds with Mt. Bachelor cab car leading.

Due to track work on along the coast, Amtrak's Coast Starlight detour over the Tehachapi Mountains. AMTK 83 pulls the northbound Starlight down Tehachapi Pass as it approaches Tunnel 2 at Bealvill... (more)

Lots of snow in the Montana Rockies this year, so much so that an avalanche closed this route near Java yesterday. Earlier in February the Empire Builder made for a fine, albeit late, sight curvin... (more)

Doubledeck TGV 2N2 ( doubledeck second generation) # 4709 of the SNCF is running as TGV 9203 from Paris Gare de Lyon to Zürich for the SNCF/SBB daughter "Lyria".

Amtrak Train #314 scoots up the hill into Lees Summit with 3 cars. There was a crowd waiting to board for the trip east.