Today’s Southbound Crescent pulls into Birmingham with a special visitor leading it to the station, the Amtrak heritage unit 66 wearing the “Phase II” paint scheme. This unit completes a hat tric... (more)

The Crescent arrives in downtown Birmingham with Amtrak’s 40th anniversary ‘Phase II’ commemorative engine on the point.

Amtrak's Crescent rolls through a portion of the Talladega National Forest on its trip along the former Southern Railway mainline between Atlanta and Birmingham.

Amtrak train 19, the Crescent, races through North Elizabeth, N.J., en route to New Orleans.

A "no-name" AEM-7AC races the southbound Crescent towards DC where it will be swapped out for a duo of diesels.

Shiny E60 leads the Crescent south on the day before Thanksgiving, 1988.

The southbound Crescent's journey is almost over as the sinking sun starts to put on a show on this most scenic portion of the route.

The Crescent races along Lake Pontchartrain on this scenic final stretch of a long journey.

In a different view, the southbound Crescent has just entered into the Magic City and prepares for its daily station stop in Birmingham with some of the city’s skyscrapers in the background and th... (more)

Running behind schedule or on time depending on your interpretation, the Southbound Crescent AMTK 19 glides over the last few hundred feet of track before pulling into the Birmingham Amtrak statio... (more)

Clear block at Moore, as the "Crescent" arrives at Manassas, at sunset

Running nine and half hours late as a result from a NS derailment in Gastonia, Amtrak's sounthbound Crescent races to its next stop in Atlanta. F40PH's 267 and 300 hustle their train for the ult... (more)

Running on time today, the southbound Crescent pulls into Birmingham for a quick station stop before blasting off with the P... (more)

With a station stop at Birmingham now complete, the Southbound Crescent begins the departure from the Magic City and leaves the skyline behind while it passes the more)

Agony of defeat With its station stop in the Magic City complete, the southbound Crescent lead by heritage painted Amtrak 156... (more)