The southbound San Juaquin 718 highballs Martinez with a cloud of exhaust coming from the locomotive as it passes the old Southern Pacific depot.

The Empire Builder speeds through Newport along the BNSF St. Paul Subdivision. Track work was taking pace east of Canadian Pacific's St. Paul Yard forcing the train onto the BNSF Main. Le... (more)

The calendar says spring, but the weather says winter at Crescent, Colorado, on April 23, 1999. Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, climbs the Front Range of the Rockies through a snowy wonderlan... (more)

Amtrak Texas Eagle in reverse backing into the depot

Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, climbs the front range of the Rocky Mountains just west of Plainview, Colorado, on February 28, 2011. Passing through the Flatirons, the silvery train is exiti... (more)

A UP Z-train meets the California Zephyr east of Sparks just before sunrise.

Amtrak's "Palmetto" on the way to Savannah

During the summer of 1996, the 199 was used as a protect unit and was spotted in the yard with sister unit 193 in the background. Amtrak had all 8 GP40TCs (192-199) rebuilt into GP38H-3s and move... (more)

A 2 1/2 hour late Amtrak Empire Builder Train #7 cruises through Picnic Point Park as the train continues to salvage some lost time. The lead unit has a 'white scar' on front of the engine.

The northbound starlight, with a three unit consist enters SLO

The Silver Meteor slides into Palatka making a station stop. Some poor girl arrived after the train departed who missed her train. Ironic thing is not only was the Meteor a few minutes late it sat... (more)

The Silver Meteor slides into Winter Park on a warm afternoon. With Sunrail coming this station has been demolished and rebuilt with platforms on either side and none in the center.

Another shot that's been done before, but something I just had to see for myself: an on time Empire Builder crosses the Java Creek Trestle east of Essex, MT under clear skies.

Amtrak P42 199 leads the Texas Eagle south through Dwight.

The eastbound Empire Builder accelerates away from its station stop at Shelby.