Cotton Belt SD45T-2 6877 waits for Amtrak #11, the southbound "Coast Starlight," to clear the main on a beautiful Spring day along California's central coast in San Luis Obispo.
Amtrak's F40's first worked on the Reno Fun Train in 1978 in combination with SDP40F's and the remaining two ex-SP FP7's. Twenty-three years later, in 2001, they would make their last trips on the... (more)
With the temperature below freezing, AMTK 231 leans into the curve at Mogul, just West of Reno, on its way home with the Reno Snow Train. With a nod to tradition, the 231 is flying white flags not... (more)
Led by preserved F40 #231, the mid-week Snow Train is passing the community of Hirschdale. The following year, F40's would give way to the P32's. #231 has been preserved in Portland, Oregon thru t... (more)