Amtrak 3, the Southwest Chief, approaches the east portal of Raton Tunnel at Wootton, CO with the former Frisco car, Cimarron River in tow. The St. Louis NRHS chapter chartered the Cimarron River ... (more)

A few new units in the group... Two new gensets still awaiting testing for service as well as the 605 in the back ground, returning from the AAR test center in Pueblo.

Shortly after sunrise

Train #4 - The eastbound Southwest Chief (Train #4) arrives at Fullerton on it's way from Los Angeles to Chicago Illinois.

Ridgely Tower R.I.P.

High in the Cascade Mountains on Union Pacific’s Cascade Subdivision, the Amtrak Coast Starlight train 14 gingerly snakes its way down the 1.7% grade at 20 mph through ‘the slide’ at Fields.... (more)

Silver Star at Lake Monroe ducking under the new I-4 overpass and exit ramps. Today double track exists here for the new Sunrail commuter rail system that started in 2014.

Surfliner 572 brings an unusual sight into San Diego. Due to high shop counts for the F59s no less than three of these monstrosities have been spotted on the Surfliners in recent days.

Amtrak's NB Coast Starlight chugs up the Cuesta Grade. It will stop at the north end of Serrano to meet a SB UP manifest.

A shortened Coast Starlight heads south of San Jose toward its next stop of Salinas.

An assortment of Amtrak power lays over at Southern Pacific's Taylor Yard in Los Angeles, CA, on September 22, 1974. The lead engine, FP7 121, is the former SP 6458.

The lineup in San Diego reveals, once again, a P42 Engine. The 121 and 122 are in the Surfliner pool to make up for three F59s at Beech Grove, one in Seattle, one filling in for a cab car, and on... (more)

The lineup in San Diego reveals, once again, a P42 Engine. The 121 and 122 are in the Surfliner pool to make up for three F59s at Beech Grove, one in Seattle, one filling in for a cab car, and on... (more)

A rarity on the "Pacific Surfliners" -- P42DC 121 shoves its packed train out of the station in Fullerton as the train continues its journey from San Diego to Goleta (near Santa Barbara).

Northbound Amtrak Coast Starlight #14 nears the small town of Chualar (just south of Salinas) on the former SP Coast Line.