A 9800 series cab car with the old dynamic brake grids on the roof and clam shell door sits in storage at Wilmington Delaware. Maybe someone thought it had a flat tire?

Amtrak SDP40F #634 was built April 1974 on order #74611. After leaving Amtrak roster, unit became Santa Fe (ATSF) #5261, then BNSF 6971 before being scrapped in 2002

Amtrak F40PHR's #328 and 325 lead New Orleans bound train #19 past 13th Street Tower (complete with train order signal). 325 and 328 were built in 1979. 13th Street Tower, in addition to being a... (more)

Mike tries using a step ladder for getting the height he wanted for the Trains cover photo. This did not work, so Amtrak offered another solution. Too follow soon...

Three AEM-7s in this shot; the middle one is hard to see.

This third shot of a series (see image 500799 and 500967) shows engine 507 repositioned at Amtrak's service facility in Chicago for the Trains magazine cover shot. Amtrak was very cooperative in p... (more)

A northbound Amtrak train exits B&P Tunnel as it prepares to stop at Baltimore's Penn Station.

Amtrak's California Zephyr train No. 6 emerges from the Jordan Narrows on July 27, 1990.

An inbound Amtrak train arrives at Washington D.C.'s Union Station.

The blare of a Nathan five chime horn from Amtrak's California Zephyr does little to disrupt a quartet of horses enjoying a beautiful December morning in rural Utah County.

Running about eight hours behind schedule, Amtrak's California Zephyr train 6 departs Salt Lake City on Rio Grande's now abandoned passenger mainline along Fifth West street. Jan. 19, 1985

"Niagara Rainbow"

On a beautiful summer evening the Capitol Limited emerges from the Harpers Ferry tunnel and crosses the Potomac River sporting the Phase III heritage unit in the lead.