Just a few minutes out of its station stop in Joliet, Amtrak 53 races through the countryside with southbound Lincoln Service train 305.

Amtrak P42 53 leads Lincoln Service 303 south through Preston Heights.

Amtrak's westbound Cardinal catches the late evening sun at Nicelytown on the former C&O North Mountain Subdivision, now operated by Buckingham Branch. The Cardinal will soon transition over to CS... (more)

The westbound CAPITOL LIMITED rolls under the now extinct bracket mast CPL signals at Hansrote.

Amtrak's inbound Illinois Zephyr comes into town, nearing its station stop at Galesburg.

The "Silver Star" heads north

53 on 53 what are the chances? A late running Auto Train rolls through the draw bridge at McGirt's creek.

Amtrak #53 lead by engine number 53 running maybe 2 hours late allows for this daylight shot among the fern farms of west Volusia County. Autotrain is the longest passenger train in the world.

Bound for New Orleans, the westbound Crescent Limited pounds the drawbridge on the world famous NS Lake Pontchartrain Bridge as Pelicans pay no mind to the passing train.

Chicago to Carbondale Saluki slams across the diamonds in rural Tolono.

Right on time.

Close-up of Amtrak P42DC No. 53's K5 horn.

Amtrak Cardinal train 51 at Charlottesville.

Amtrak Cardinal train 51 makes it's tri-weekly station stop at Charlottesville while the Buckingham Branch local job with BB 3 passes on the middle depot track.

Amtrak service returns to Duluth. No actually the 53 has the Milwaukee 261 tool car in tow to deliver equipment to the derailed steamer, while the LSRM's Lester River train, lead by the SOO 700 wa... (more)