Poking out of the Wayne Tunnel in Waynesburg, PA, one of Amtrak's Phase iii heritage unit leading the "Coal Goes to War" special. "A special train celebrating the coal heritage of Southwestern Pen... (more)

A morning eastbound out of New Haven charges across a picturesque salt water creek as a gentleman crabs from an orange kayak.

Surfing the surf line.

Amtrak's eastbound 'Empire Builder' crosses the former Great Northern trestle at Goatlick, between Essex and the top of Marias Pass, Montana.

A very late Amtrak Empire Builder #8 wasted no time accelerating out of Edmonds. The engineer was giving a wave at me and blowing by a couple of trespassers at the same time.

What's this?? Can anyone say why the top of Amtrak's Superliner dining car on Train 5, "California Zephyr," had the word PRESIDENT painted on it? Captured near Clay, Colo. west of Denver on t... (more)

With most of it's work behind it, Amtrak's Coast Starlight (more of a "San Joaquin Starlight" on this day) #11 glides downgrade at Marcel.

The westbound California Zephyr emerges from the short Tunnel 29 alongside one of the gnarliest sections of South Boulder Creek.

Amtrak's Pioneer rambles east through Echo Canyon on June 20, 1992.

At 9:40am, a three-plus hour late Coast Starlight rolls across the Dry Creek Trestle among the lava lands of Mount Shasta. A normal crew change would've occurred at K-Falls but due to the delays ... (more)

Mount Shasta and Shastina tower over the Butte Valley as Amtrak's Coast Starlight blasts northward at 79mph on a spectacular summer morning. The searchlights and code line are living on bo... (more)

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 Lake Shore Limited rolls along the scenic Erie Canal on a very, very cold winter morning.

Passing lilac bushes neatly planted in the yards of the old Rio Grande section houses at Radium, Colorado, Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr curves by on the afternoon of June 6, 2013.

Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr drops down off the front range of the Rocky Mountains at Eisele, Colorado, on the afternoon of June 2, 2013. The train is passing through the former location... (more)