One of the greatest rare mileage excursions Amtrak ever ran was the Parker Peavine Extra. In three days it traveled from LA to Flagstaff on the Transcon, Flagstaff to Phoenix on the Peavine via As... (more)

The night before I went out to photograph trains, my plan was just to go to Winslow and grab a photo of Amtrak #4. Well, I got word of the Apache Railway running, so I drove the extra 30 miles to ... (more)

Run about twelve hours late, Amtrak's Southwest Chief #3 makes a rare daylight appearance in Kingman Canyon on a very windy March morning.

As a century plant blooms on a sandy ledge, Amtrak No. 2 hustles past through the broken country near Cienega.

After suffering major mechanical issues over Raton Pass, Amtrak's Southwest Chief #3 makes are rare daylight run over Arizona as it rounds the curve at Valentine.

Amtrak's eastbound Sunset Limited races across the Lordsburg Sub. Note the westbound freight in the background.

Amtrak Train #4 , the SUPER CHIEF, rounds the reverse curves at Darling, Arizona, on April 16, 1972. Six F-units power the fast moving train. Darling is a crossover location about 13 miles east of... (more)

The Sunset Ltd is making a station stop at Coolidge, AZ. This was one of the last times I saw a P30CH (pooch!).

A mismatched trio of GEs leads Amtrak's Southwest Chief train #4 at Fourth Street and Santa Fe Avenue in Flagstaff, Arizona. Six Material Handling Cars are positioned at the back of this 15 car tr... (more)

Amtrak’s train No. 4, the Southwest Chief, is traversing a scenic curve just east Cosnino at Milepost 331 near Flagstaff, Arizona, on April 20, 1990. The San Francisco Peaks dominate the backgro... (more)

While storm clouds build along the San Francisco Peaks, Amtrak's Southwest Chief train #4 descends Santa Fe's Seligman Sub in Arizona's Coconino National Forest.

Amtrak train #4 passes as old water tank as it blazes east at 90MPH on the BNSF Gallup Sub near Sanders, AZ on 8/16/12.

Amtrak's eastbound Sunset Ltd. passes under the SP westbound main east of Tucson near Vail, AZ on Mar 30, 1974. SP-painted, but soon to be AMTK-owned FP7s held the lead position on the Sunset unti... (more)

At 6:05 a.m. in the heart of the Sonoran Desert, Amtrak No. 2 roars around a curve as it climbs toward the summit at Estrella.

An SP dwarf target signal stares back at the camera as an eastbound Sunset Limited races over the west switch at Red Rock, AZ.