The early morning sun greets Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief as it sails across the floor of the Antelope Valley just shy of entering Lancaster, CA. This is the second of three detours of the S... (more)

The Chief makes it's daily, albeit extremely brief, appearance in Oneida, Illinois on a beautiful August afternoon.

Amtrak 20 (Crescent) makes its way through Lithia Springs, GA on its way to Atlanta, GA just after sunset.

A regional Pere Marquette train is on the right while passengers off the Cardinal (train 51) walk towards the station.

Amtrak Northeast Regional #65 passes the engine yard in Newport News Virginia, on the way to turn his train at the WYE before putting it on the storage track. This trains story goes back to the ti... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr No. 6 seen traversing one of the many tight s-curves on UP's Donner Pass route.

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Amtrak’s westbound Southwest Chief climbs Raton Pass at Wootton, Colorado, on March 6, 2005. Two deadhead Superliner cars up front make for a strange looking train…

On March 3, 2002, Amtrak’s train No. 3, the Southwest Chief, snakes through the tight confines of scenic Apache Canyon between Canyoncito and Lamy, New Mexico.

Amtrak No. 3, the Southwest Chief, climbs Raton Pass at Gallinas, Colorado, on the morning of March 6, 2005. Two GE P42DC locomotives sandwich P32-8 (Dash 8-32BWH) No. 511, with a train that inclu... (more)

Amtrak 134 leads the westbound Capitol Limited through downtown Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Amtrak No. 3 curves into Watrous, New Mexico, at milepost 750 on March 6, 2005. In the hole is an eastbound BNSF intermodal waiting for the Southwest Chief to pass on this nice, late winter day on... (more)

Amtrak No 5’s engineer gets onboard GE P42DC No. 134 on the morning of October 14, 2012. This view of the California Zephyr’s station stop in Denver from Wewatta Street will soon vanish. For s... (more)