The NS BT90 crew is piloting Amtrak 22 running as 996 on the final leg of turning the train via the NS Miami Cut Branch as they back down to CP 286 on the Chicago mainline at CP Oak. The pocket-z... (more)

The Empire Builder loads passengers at their station stop in Columbus. The head end of #7 stretches past the Vita Mix lot which incorporates the first Columbus depot, c. 1863, into their facility... (more)

The Empire Builder gets back up to speed after a station stop in Columbus.

The westbound Empire Builder storms into Grand Forks about 35 minutes before its eastbound counterpart shows up. Severe weather has greatly impacted Amtrak operations across the northern t... (more)

Amtrak train 66 departs Williamsburg, bound for Richmond, Fredericksburg and points north.

Amtrak 1, the westbound Sunset Limited, stops in Palm Springs, Calif.

Signs of midwest floods show up in Chicago, as extra locomotives normally used for service on the Chief, Zephyr, and Empire Builder clog up the Amtrak service yard.

Amtrak P42 22 heads over the St. Charles airline on its way to CUS.

With signal problems in Rockwood, this cute conductor has "flared" the grade crossing as she climbs onboard an on the move eastbound Capital Limited.

The Capitol Limited passes the Harpers Ferry Station without stopping because there is no passenger service while the parking lot is being redone. The 2 million dollar restoration of the station i... (more)

Making time to Chicago

Amtrak's outbound Texas Eagle is right on time as it snakes through downtown Lemont.

Sadly enough, this is the most trains at any one time I have ever seen at the St. Louis station. The Thanksgiving rush must be big this year.

St. Louis' pitiful excuse for a train station sees a fair amount of traffic in the chilly pre-dawn hours this Thanksgiving.