Pepsi Can Amtrak In an attempt to shoot both East Portal and here I chose to use my UAV for this capture from roughly 6 feet off the top set of rocks above tunnel 1; a favorite spot of... (more)

Pepsi Can Amtrak In an attempt to shoot both East Portal and here I chose to use my UAV for this capture from roughly 6 feet off the top set of rocks above tunnel 1; a favorite spot of... (more)

Amtrak 160, fresh from a roughly 1 1/2 month stint in the Chicago shops, leads the westbound Empire Builder out of Chicago and under the old Pennsylvania Railroad signal bridge at CP Morgan. This ... (more)

The Amtrak heritage engine 160 (known as the Pepsi Can paint scheme) exits Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado as it leads the California Zephyr 6 train towards Denver.

Amtrak's P42DC version of the famous "Pepsi Can" paint scheme, freshly cleaned from the Chicago shops, leads the shortened Capitol Limited on it's approach to Cumberland Station.

A break in the monsoon clouds made a difference as the sun came out just in time for Amtrak's Saturday edition of the eastbound Sunset Limited, rolling into the city of Maricopa on a humid August ... (more)

Running five-hours-late, Amtrak 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, led by P42DC 160 (wearing the carrier's "Pepsi Can" scheme in honor of Amtrak's 50th Anniversary in 2021), passes... (more)

Running a little behind schedule – 12 hours 45 minutes behind, in fact – is Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief heading from Chicago to Los Angeles. Amtrak 50th Annive... (more)

Amtrak's Pepsi Can Heritage unit leads a late #3 down Cajon Pass.

A late running westbound Southwest Chief with #160 leading.

Thanks to United Airlines cancelling my morning flight to Denver, I was able to catch a 5 hour late Amtrak 3, the westbound Southwest Chief led by P42DC 160, wearing the carrier's "Pep... (more)

AMTK 160 west approaches Blue Cut.

Amtrak's Pepsi Can heritage unit leads a late #3 at Cajon.

In 1929, Burlington and Union Pacific announced plans to remodel the Burlington train depot in Omaha. It was completed in 1931 and passenger train travel flourished with several tracks and trains... (more)

On our 8th day in Omaha, I woke up and checked the Amtrak app to see if the train had arrived already. As had been the case for several days in a row, Amtrak 6 was running late. I got in my car ... (more)