Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 pauses for fuel and passengers at the Rio Grande passenger station in Salt Lake City.

The 2011 AAPRCO Convention Special, appropriately named, "The Kansas City Chief", rolls down rare mileage between Emporia and Kansas City on the freight only "Ottawa Cutoff".

After a minor ice/snow storm coated everything nicely with winter, Amtrak's California Zephyr heads west over Blue Mountain Drive west of Clay, Colorado, on February 8, 2001.

Amtrak 48, the Lake Shore Limited disturbs the peaceful morning as it head eastward.

The Boston Section of the Lake Shore Limited crosses under the WB lanes of the New York State Thruway Berkshire Connector on the single track, jointed rail Post Road Sub. Historically this track i... (more)

With 13 car in tow, the eastbound Lake Shore Limited passes thru North East with 3 Viewliner Sleepers and 1 Viewliner Diner.

The AAPRCO special rolls by remnants of heavy track work recently done on the Galveston Sub. Click 'Kansas City Chief' above for more photos of the train. The consist was in order as follows: AMTK... (more)

The AAPRCO special gets the highball after meeting a loaded grain train. The consist was in order as follows: AMTK 71, AMTK 88, AMTK 166, 800149 Evelyn Henry, 800148 Warren Henry, 800045 Caritas, ... (more)

Three P42's lead the colorful 20 car AAPRCO special into the Temple depot. Here it will get a fresh crew before proceeding to an overnight stay in Fort Worth, TX. The consist was in order as follo... (more)

Over 5 hours late the northbound Coast Starlight travels under the new and old cantilever’s at Springfield Jct.

Running at least 5-1/2 hours late, the westbound California Zephyr exits the "Big Hole" at the summit of Donner Pass. Quite a bit of snow lingers at this elevation; a testament to the heavy winter... (more)

Travelers on I-80 through the Emigrant Gap area are briefly inconvenienced by a major highway resurfacing project. Passengers aboard the westbound California Zephyr might actually wish they were ... (more)

A late westbound California Zephyr begins the 12-degree horseshoe curve just east of Pinecliff. This curve is the sharpest east of the Moffat Tunnel, and takes the train through the shortest of t... (more)

Just before 6am, Downeaster 680 captured is racing over a wooden bridge deep in the Scarborough Marsh. 71 is pushing this train of early rising passengers south, as my buddy Bill watches from his... (more)

P029 passes Brunswick's WB Tower and an old B&O CPL.