Amtrak 19 starts away from its station stop at Gainesville at the beginning of a southern summer day. This general scene hasn't changed a lot since the Southern days, as the Crescent of that era r... (more)

Amtrak 19 makes its classic on-time arrival into Gainesville at sunrise. This general scene hasn't changed a lot since the Southern days, as the Crescent of that era ran on a similar schedule.

Amtrak's eastbound 380 train aka the "Illinois Zephyr" gets the go ahead from the conductor and pulls out of the Galesburg Amtrak station headed for Chicago. The train in a few feet will... (more)

Amtrak 80 heads east out of the Pomona Yard on Main 2 just after sunrise.

Three P42DCs, led by AMTK 25, are in charge of the day's California Zephyr #6 as it rolls through Eckley. This was a bit unusual as normally there are only two units leading this train.

Amtrak #14 heads north near the base of Mt. Shasta at Cougar, CA on 6/30/13. Code line is still in use on this section of the UP Black Butte Sub.

At 7:51am The Coast Starlight was running over two hours down at this point, which afforded a pretty daylight view of the train along the northwestern flanks of Mount Shasta. On top of their othe... (more)

The headlamps of Amtrak P42DC locomotive #25 illuminate the path ahead as the engineer prepares to throttle up the eastbound Empire Builder through the FO Switch down the Hillsboro subdivis... (more)

Amtrak # 5 is about to knock down the restricting at East Emeryville, about an hour and 10 minutes early with AMTK 822 second out.

Amtrak’s California Zephyr crosses McDonald Creek under the imposing cliff of Dodge’s Bluff just east of Utaline, Colorado, on June 13, 2009. This portion of this former Rio Grande route is al... (more)

Amtrak 25 leads the Capitol Limited past Hobbs between Martinsburg and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

Amtrak No. 6, the California Zephyr, is eastbound between Yarmony and Radium along the scenic Colorado River. The shiny Superliner cars reflect the afternoon sun in the placid water of the river ... (more)

The Southwest Chief rolls east on Main #1 as it rounds up a eastbound BNSF freight at Baring. Here the train passes under the classic Santa Fe signal bridge in danger of replacement with the new P... (more)

The Southwest Chief rolls west towards Kansas City. #4 is only about 10-15 minutes from the station stop at La Plata, MO. Amtrak train can still operate at 90 mph across the Marcelline Sub with th... (more)

Amtrak 5 snakes its way through the nearly continuous curves of Byers Canyon.