Pacific Surfliner with a charger blowing for the crossing due to a quiet zone stationary whistle failure.

Charging by the pointless arrow. Amtrak Train 350 (Wolverine) departs the Detroit, MI station on a very cold Tuesday, February 21, 2020. These trains operate with an SC-44 charger at each end with... (more)

The Amtrak rescue engine awaits a possible call at the Santa Fe Depot.

Northbound Pacific Surfliner No. 777 with an Amtrak Sightseer Car in the consist rolls through the slide area north of Seacliff Siding.

The Amtrak Illinois Zephyr passes through Aurora on its way to Quincy.

Amtrak 352 is arriving into their station stop in Royal Oak. Amtrak only has a pair of Wolverine service trains operating due ridership dropping after COVID 19.

Under threatening skies, UP 4835 (SD70M) brings a new Amtrak Cascades / Washington State Department of Transportation #1408 Siemens SC-44 'Charger' unit down the Moffat Tunnel sub heading for Denv... (more)

Northbound Pacific Surfliner No. 777 with an Amtrak Sightseer Car in the consist rolls along the Pacific Coast Highway and the beach at Seacliff siding.

The Missouri River Runner hustles west through Pacific, MO on its daily run to Kansas City.

Amtrak train 352, the eastbound "Wolverine", makes very quick work of the interlocking at CP Lou on the NS Michigan Line just outside of downtown Detroit. This was my first time seeing these new S... (more)

MARC commuter train departs from Odenton Station.

CDTX 2118 trails Amtrak 782 as the train leans into the suer-elevated curve at Milepost 429

A trio of brand new, SC-44 "Chargers," glisten on this rainy morning in downtown Los Angeles as they await their first chance to get out and stretch their legs.

Coming off the photogenic, steel truss bridge at Ventura, CDTX 2113 leads Amtrak 774 south for Los Angeles and ultimately San Diego.

Operating as the largest train on the Pacific Surfliner system, a nine-car, all matching consist of "California cars" (minus one Surfliner painted Superliner...you can't win them all!) makes up Am... (more)