With Main 3 blocked by the LACNYC, Main 2 will have to work today for the 6+ hour late Southwest Chief #3.

Southbound Cascades #517 crosses Chuckanut Bay just a few miles south of Bellingham at the end of a beautiful spring day on Washington's northern coast.

Amtrak Coast Starlight Train 11 flies through the station at Richmond, and ducks under the tri-light signal bridge

Southbound Amtrak Cascades #517 races across the causeway over Chuckanut Bay just south of Bellingham, having just emerged from the tunnel through Clark's Point.

Northbound at Gordon's Point along Puget Sound, engine 167 pulling the "Mater" trainset. Lucky deal to know someone who owns a motorboat :).

AMTK 167 pushing the Cascades Train #513 through Edmonds, WA. This was taken along Ocean Avenue, which is north of the railfan known location of Sunset Avenue.

After almost striking a trespasser, Amtrak 11 eases their way into Emeryville on a restricting.

The starlights meet in San Luis, still making good time with all the surprise UP and BNSF detours this last week.

Amtrak's #3, the Southwest Chief, pauses at Union Station in Kansas City for a fresh crew and a smoke break before heading to BNSF's Argentine Yard to be refueled for the trip west.

Amtrak 97 rolls through the middle of the under construction Sunrail commuter station in Sanford. The A line through Orlando is seeing big changes with Sunrail which will start running in 2014.

Here comes Amtrak! And Sunrail... Amtrak 97 slides through the under construction Sunrail commuter station platforms that will serve Sanford. Sunrail starts operations in 2014.

Amtrak 5 speeds across the flats near Kremmling into the afternoon sun. In just a few miles the scenery will change dramatically as the California Zephyr enters the dramatic Gore Canyon, with its ... (more)

The westbound Amtrak California Zephyr zips westbound through the outskirts of Kremmling between the scenic Byers and Gore Canyons.

The meandering headwaters of the Colorado River create a break in the fall colors through which we see the westbound California Zephyr heading out of Granby toward the spectacular Byers and Gore C... (more)