A 6+ hour late westbound Amtrak #1 heads into Beaumont Curve.

The eastbound Southwest Chief slowly crawls through color on a backup of eastbound commuter traffic with a colorful duo of heritage leaders on point.

Sunshine has casted over the Cajon Subdivision as passengers aboard the Southwest Chief wake up to the Californian high desert. This train usually rolls through the area under the cover of darknes... (more)

Two Heritage, No Waiting!

Earlier this month, Amtrak 3 arrived behind P42DC 184 (on the 9th) and then 130 (on the 10th), and today (the 28th) they both arrived again, but now on ... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr rounding the curve at Shady Glen before its next stop at Colfax, CA.

Amtrak's Southwest Chief runs with triple engines and no baggage car as it heads through Cajon Pass at sunrise.

Amtrak's triple-headed Southwest Chief meets a BNSF train at a signal block in the Cajon Pass area of California.

AMTK 161 leads the Westbound Southwest Chief past the Cargill grain mill at Verdemont.

The Westbound Southwest Chief running around 3 hours late this morning with a pair of new Heritage units sporting 50th Anniversary logos.

Above It All In Auburn. Amtrak Train 5 (California Zephyr) had an extra and colorful addition to the head end, seen passing over Interstate 80 in Auburn, California on the afternoon of Frid... (more)

A Phase IV Sort of Day: Amtrak 184, a P42DC type built in 2001, wears the company's Phase IV paint scheme as part of the railroad's 40th Anniversary celebrations in 2011. Over 10 years late... (more)

A late Amtrak 3 hustles west along the Cajon Sub on 1/24/22.

Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief, train #4, performs its station work at Needles, CA as the LA prepares for their last leg of their trip to Kingman, AZ for the crew change.

Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, got stuck behind a lot of traffic congestion caused by a BNSF freight (rumored to be the H-BARLAC) fouling all three mainlines somewhere betwe... (more)

Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, is seen at Los Angeles Union Station four minutes after it arrived on Track 13 … and twenty minutes before it was due to arrive at 8:00 am! ... (more)