Amtrak engine #78 (P42DC) leads the Winter Park Express Ski Train through Rainbow Cut at Plainview, Colorado.

Racing south along with rush hour traffic a nicely matched set of Amfleet "airliners on wheels" is keeping up and perhaps gaining a little. Hey, I used to own one of those Nissan 510s!

Phase VII Phase In: At long last, the "blue wave" era has begun to draw to a close with the appearance of P42DC 174. Recently refurbished at Beech Grove, this classic Genesis was repainted ... (more)

The second Piedmont of the day deadheads into Raleigh station as they cross the Raleigh & Fayetteville NS Line at Boylan.

F40PH-3s 6443, 6427, and 6407 head west on the Wainwright Sub with VIA 1.

Power Move with Cars Amtrak 30 rolls out of Cumberland with more engines than cars. Up front is a regular P42, then a seldom-seen Dash 8, and then 4 brand new ALC-42 Chargers being deliver... (more)

Metra 104, the Chicago unit, leads a outbound train into Bensenville, passing Tower B17.

Just after sunrise, the northbound Coast Starlight rolls through the Devil's Garden. This area is a lava flow created by eruptions of nearby Mount Shasta.

As Amtrak train 56, the Washington DC to Saint Albans, Vermont Vermonter, pauses for its electric locomotive (and one coach) to be removed (AMTK ACS-63 626, on the right) and swapped for a ... (more)

Hamina Hamina. Because of a derailment near Bound Brook, New Jersey, CSX P901-06 unexpectedly traveled over the Conrail Shared Assets Garden State Secondary on Thursday, February 6, 2020. T... (more)

CLOVIS NM Jan 22 1984 — A light snow sets the scene as ATSF SDF45 5956, SD40-2 5041 and SD45-2 5633 sit at the west fuel racks. EMD built the unit (s/n 34042) in December 1967 as ATSF 1906 and d... (more)

VIA F40PH-3 6445 leads eastbound train #2 down the main at Kawa meeting westbound train #1.

Metro-North's New York Central heritage unit heading to Croton-Harmon after experiencing mechanical problems in Poughkeepsie.

A snowy Charger leads VIA 35 as it arrives at St-Lambert Station.

Lightning Striped Reunion. On one of its first trips on the Danbury Line since being wrapped, MNCW P32AC-DM 211 (New York Central Heritage/40th Anniversary) was assigned to MTA Metro-North ... (more)