Due to trackwork on September 8th, 2012 (new switches being installed at CP Stadium in Anaheim), Amtrak's Pacific Surfliners detoured on the Olive Subdivision between Orange and Atwood (Pla... (more)

One of the morning San Joaquin trains move out of Sacramento station into the sunrise and off to Los Angeles. In the foreground, workers install padding and fuel/oil catching devices around th... (more)

Amtrak 518 "the De Facto switcher" assorts some superliner cars on a wonderful August afternoon in downtown Chicago.

While waiting for 765 to roll through Tipton, Amtrak beat them there with a rare leader for this area. Here the Westbound Pennsylvanian rounds the curve at MP 225 heading for their next station st... (more)

Thanks to a problem with Amtrak P42 55, assigned to Monday's westbound Pennsylvanian, the Harrisburg protect engine, P32BWH 513 led the train west from Lancaster to Pittsburgh. Both engines... (more)

A rare visitor but an even rarer leader to the area, 513 has just shoved back into the station after turning it's train. The trailing P42 #55 had problems in Philly and they added the Dash 8 to ge... (more)

Unusual power on the Lynchburg Regional as it passes a classic former Southern Railway signal bridge at Clifton.

A new Amtrak GE P32BH stands tall at Chicago, Illinois, flanked by an older EMD F40PH on a bright February 22, 1992.

Happy Birthday Mom! Since our birthdays are only a couple days apart, my parents and I decided to spend the day shopping in St. Cloud. However, seeing Amtrak was delayed, and had an unusual leade... (more)

519 shoves the Beach Grove and 3 other cars into the ready tracks in Chicago. Notice the ex-J switcher in the background now owned by GATX that is on lease to Amtrak.

504 is still in Phase IV paint and assigned to yard duties in New Orleans.

Amtrak No. 6 crosses the ravine just west of Shed 10.

Amtrak No. 6 negotiates Cape Horn.

The road power has just shoved the second cut of passenger cars to the platform while the yard switcher has already grabbed all the auto cars off the rear of the train and is waiting to yard those... (more)

On a clear fall afternoon in the Sierras, Amtrak train No. 6 accelerates out of Truckee after picking up passengers. In the early part of their career, Amtrak placed its GE "Pepsi cans" on the Cal... (more)