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

A southbound Pacific Surfliner train, led by P42DC #91, pulls into the platform at the new ARTIC station in Anaheim during the Grand Opening Celebration.

Amtrak’s California Zephyr, curves westbound through Tunnel 40 in scenic Little Gore Canyon west of Azure, Colorado, on August 21, 2014.

The Empire Builder starts its decent down Short Line Hill which extends from Merriam Park to Chestnut Street along the former Milwaukee Road right-of-way through St. Paul.

Amtrak train #785, a Pacific Surfliner, stops at the new Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) on opening day, December 6th, 2014. As the sun sets, the colored lights i... (more)

The Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) opened for business at 5:00 am on December 6th, 2014. Here is the view greeting travelers arriving in America's newest passenger stat... (more)

The Empire Builder is just shy of five hours late as it comes through Minneapolis Junction passing the Friends of 261 shop in the middle of the wye in Minneapolis' Beltrami neighborhood. A... (more)

For the third time this week, Amtrak's Empire Builder detours through Willmar between Fargo and St Paul. A large derailment near Wadena has BNSF shuffling traffic through Minnesota, inclulding th... (more)

The eastbound Empire Builder makes a rare appearance on its original GN routing between Fargo and Minneapolis due to a derailment near Wadena, MN. After picking up a new pilot crew for the Wayzat... (more)

Amtrak 137 arrives into Joliet Union Station with the Southbound Texas Eagle, just 10 days before Amtrak quit using Joliet Union Station as their station in Joliet.

Amtrak train 513 get's a unexpected bath! Due to extremely high winds and high tide, the storm surge was higher than I have ever seen it before on the Puget Sound! Waves were literally coming up a... (more)

August 12, 2014. Running roughly 3 hours behind schedule, Amtrak’s westbound Southwest Chief #3 makes an appearance just outside of Galisteo, NM on an absolutely beautiful mid-August afternoon.

The Capitol Limited snakes around the S-Curve at Martinsburg as it slows for the station stop.

Amtrak train # 5 "The California Zephyr" on the 2.0 % grade from Denver to the front range of the Rocky Mountains, pulled by P42 # 118 and 41, nearing the "Big 10 curve".