Changing engineers in downtown Shelby Montana
Amtrak's Veteran's Unit leads the westbound Southwest Chief into Naperville.
The [i]Southwest Chief[/i]begins its journey to Los Angeles, passing under the ex IC / CCP Freeport Subdivision.
Amtrak begins its journey towards California.
A Blue Line train stops at Farragut West as it makes its way to the Commonwealth of Virginia
Coal train working in Glenwood Springs Colorado. When I took this shot, I did not imagine I would spend the rest of the morning chasing it thru the hills out Colorado.
Metra 213 in the original livery pulls train 1237 into Naperville as freshly rebuilt Metra 196 in the new livery shoves train 1270 in to Chicago
The southbound Coast Starlight makes its escape from Portland Union Station on its way to Los Angeles.
A rare GP40P-2 leads the IHB's Burns Harbor to Gibson transfer back to home rails.
UP 5780 leads an empty coal train under the endangered CNW signal bridge at Nelson. In the background you can see the Nelson coaling tower, long out of use but still in place. For now.
Amtrak 170 pulls its heart out trying to maintain track speed with an 8 car Texas Beagle headed for St. Louis and beyond.
A UP ES44AC-H leading a westbound intermodal across the Trinity River with the ever changing Dallas Skyline in the background.
Metra 183 rounding one of the few corners and grades on the BN racetrack.
Nice to get a friendly wave from the engineer of this eastbound rock train...
FRA private car hitches a ride on the westbound Southwest Chief