An hour late into Toledo but worth the wait for the first run on the point of the new "retro" Amtrak unit!
You saw it here first. Three Purdue Railroad Club members paced the northbound Hoosier State, hauling in its first public appearance #145 with its special Phase III heritage paint scheme. Club s... (more)
After a high-speed jaunt across southern Colorado from La Junta to Trinidad, and a low-speed traverse of Raton Pass south of Trinidad, the westbound Southwest Chief cools its heels as passe... (more)
Amtrak 145/154 lead the westbound Southwest Chief, rolling off Raton Pass on approach to Raton, NM, before hitting the racetrack that will take these passengers west to Los Angeles.
Amtrak P42DC #145 leads a late running train 3 the Southwest Chief down the Cajon Pass & through the old station of Cajon.
Amtrak #145 races through Lockport, kicking up the dust on its way for a station stop at Joliet Union Station
Amtrak #5 is about 12 minutes late (even though it arrived in Denver about 15 minutes early), seen here approaching Tunnel 1 on Colorado's Front Range on a glorious morning.
The outbound Saluki departs Homewood on-time on it's way to Carbondale Il while a NS train continues it's switching down at Markham Yard.
Bound for New York, via Niagara Falls, train 97 passes by Stuart Street yard as a SOR crew member walks to line a switch, while his crew switches the yard.
Amtrak 69 stops at the charismatic Plattsburgh station. The marina and Lake Champlain can be seen in the background.
AMTK 145 resting between runs
Amtrak 48, the Lakeshore Limited, heads east into the rising sun in knocking down signal 126 on the CSX Erie West Sub.
The Texas Eagle breezes by the Illinois capitol on the way to Chicago.
Having just made a station stop in Windsor, VT, the Vermonter has crossed the CT River and is now in Cornish, NH southbound on the NECR. In the background is Mt. Ascutney in VermontT.
