Fellow passengers detrain and go about their separate ways. My wife and I made a day trip with Amtrak, riding over great railroading feats like the Gallitzin Tunnel, Horseshoe Curve, and Rockville... (more)
The Capitol Limited crosses over to the eastbound main at Mexico Tower. You can see Q130 in the background, it's been held to let the late running Cap out of Cumberland first.
Amtrak P42DC diesels get serviced between runs at the Los Angeles (California) engine facility. Nearby downtown is visible, barely, through the "May Gray" skies.
P030 is beats its scheduled arrival time by 5 minutes today but quickly looses that and more in a breif rain that hits the area. The actual holdup however is because the conductor has to issue tic... (more)