AMTK 145, recently painted in a commemorative Phase III retro scheme for Amtrak's 40th anniversary, leads the southbound Crescent into downtown Birmingham.

Sunshine and slow orders makes for a good morning as the Amtrak Heritage unit treks across Georgia.

The Heritage unit leads the Crescent thru the twists and turns of midwest Georgia

The Crescent accelerates away from Inman Yard nearing CP "Bridge"

The Crescent crosses the muddy waters of the Tallapoosa River. In just a few minutes, the Heritage unit will be making its first appearance in Alabama.

The first Amtrak Heritage unit arrives at its Atlanta station stop on a rainy Saturday morning. The building above the train is the actual station, and the bridge railings and platforms extend acr... (more)

The first Amtrak Heritage unit arrives at Peachtree Station on a rainy Saturday morning

Amtrak's 40th anniversary P42 pulls the eastbound Capital Limited into Harpers Ferry. Not only does Amtrak celebrate 40 years of service, 2011 also marks the 175th anniversary of the Baltimore & O... (more)

Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief enters the Wootton Curve, made famous by AT&SF publicity photos of yore.

With a fresh crew aboard for the final leg of its journey to the Capital City, specially adorned P42 145 gets ready to depart the Queen City.

40 years... and almost as many paint jobs.

The Cap zips thru the Cumberland Yard with the Heritage Unit up front.

The first of four P42DC units to wear a historic commemorative paint scheme prepares to make a station stop in Cumberland, Maryland. Amtrak 145 is painted in Phase III and the lead unit on train 3... (more)

Leading it's first train since being painted into the Phase III Heritage Paint scheme, Amtrak 145 takes a break at the Cleveland Depot at 2:40 a.m. en route to Washington on the Capitol Limited.

One of Amtrak's 40th Anniversary locomotives hustles through the night on the point of the eastbound Capitol Limited. The train is running wrong-main, dodging slower freights in an attempt to make... (more)