The Dash 8 brings up the rear of Amtrak 761. The train is running on the East Bank of the River Sub, which is normally freight only. They're passing under the Broadway overpass.

An extra long 9 car Amtrak 769 rushes through Burbank with an Amtrak California Dash 8 trailing the consist.

January 2018 was an interesting time on the Coast Line. Due to massive mud slides, Amtrak service was the only way that many Santa Barbara and Carpinteria residents had access to the outside world... (more)

A snow squall fills the air as Amtrak's westbound Maple Lead gets out of Rochester, New York behind one of Amtrak's Dash 8 locomotives. The train has just crossed under the Rochester & Southern's ... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 571 arrives in Santa Ana, California, ninety-two miles north of the train's origination point of San Diego (and just thirty-six miles from the endpoint of Los Angel... (more)

Several of the former "Pepsi Cans" are onhand this morning, plus a delivery from SunRail for maintenance.

Tom Golden photo.

A weekend Amtrak California train passes two stored dash-8s in Oakland. The last time i recall these units being used was during the aftermath of the Montecito Fire in 2018. Heavy rains following ... (more)

Racing home and dodge the annual monsoon thunderstorms, Amtrak's Train 3, The Westbound Southwest Chief roars off the base of Glorieta Pass. This spot can be seen as the actual beginning of the p... (more)

The Coast Line got a nice surprise on July 4th, 2015 when a Dash 8 led the Coast Starlight south. They're seen passing the busy scene at Emma Wood north of Ventura.

The Coast Starlight nears LA as they pass Camarillo in the late evening with a Dash 8 leader.

A very clean Amtrak Dash 8-32BWH 508 switches autoracks at the carrier’s southern terminus for its Auto Train on a hot, humid morning. (Sanford, Florida – August 7, 2017)

A pair of "Pepsi Can" GEs has brought The Southwest Chief to its station stop in Joliet. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of Amtrak dash-8's lead a loaded ballast train out of Michigan City to help work on the Amtrak Michigan Line.

California Department of Transportation (CDTX) Dash 8-32BWH 2051 was built as Amtrak 501 in December 1991. (Oakland, California – February 20, 2018). Photographed on railroad property with ... (more)