Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha crosses the landmark GN Stone Arch bridge as the westbound train approaches the Minneapolis station. By the time it continues west, the sun will be setting and it wil... (more)

Amtrak's Expo 74 service was set up to provide daily daytime trains between Seattle, Everett, Wenatchee & Spokane on a schedule similar to the old GN Cascadian. The train lasted during the summer ... (more)

Amtrak's Bay State was the "Inland Route" train that ran from Boston to New York and Washington via Worcester and Springfield, MA, since discontinued. On a late fall morning the southbound Bay Sta... (more)

NORMAN OK Oct 8 1979 -- With a contrail of the competition overhead the last southbound Lone Star comes to a stop. The train was discontinued by Amtrak a week earlier but a lawsuit forced Amtrak t... (more)

The last eastbound Pioneer rolls along the Columbia River. Someone in Seattle applied the "nose art" prior to departure that morning.

CLEBURNE TX June 4 1978 — Amtrak F40ph 252 hauls the Inter-American with Amfleet cars. Unit 252 became Amtrak control cab 90252. My photo.

GUTHRIE OK Aug 1977 -- In between storm cells the southbound Lone Star crosses the Cimarron River on its way to Guthrie.

A late Claytor-Era Broadway Limited is eastbound on the monumental 1902-built Rockville Bridge. Behind the F40 is a GP40TC, seven express cars, a baggage car, seven Heritage cars, and two Amfleet... (more)

NORMAN OK January 1975 — Amtrak SDP40F 519 rolls south on the Lone Star. The train, formerly known as the Texas Chief, is approaching the Indian Hills Road crossing between Norman and Moore. San... (more)

The Hoosier State heads north through Dolton with its matching trainset.

A On-Time Hoosier State doesn't waste time leaving Union Station.

The Desert Wind

Amtrak train #36, led by SDP40F 526 and F40PH 221, passes through Mormon Rocks in southern California's Cajon Pass on March 27th, 1981. This is the eastbound <... (more)

Amtrak train 26, the Pioneer slows for its station stop at Vancouver, WA, passing BN's SW1500 of Frisco heritage (SLSF 326). The Pioneer had three more years to operate between Seattle, WA and Sal... (more)

Amtrak's Blue Ridge from Washington DC to Martinsburg WV, the first non Northeast Corridor train to receive Amfleet cars is seen here shortly after leaving the capital as it heads through Forest G... (more)

The now-preserved 4926 is seen in this pan view at the now-abandoned Oak Lane crossing during the last month of GG-1 operations on the Broadway Limited. The 4926 was built by Altoona/Westinghouse... (more)