Amtrak 97 at Palatka
Well, this was bound to happen sooner or later. We're gonna need this locomotive entry in the database sooner or later, too, as these will bump all the GE's off the train by year's end I am told.... (more)
Testing testing, Chargers testing on Auto Train and lead for the first time south on 53 earlier then back on 52 seen here dodging afternoon summer storms.
Chargers are on! Like someone threw a switch the Chargers have taken charge of the Silver Service the Meteor seen at Palatka.
While the new Chargers are daily sights elsewhere on Amtrak trains, this is the first pair to lead without assistance in Florida, seen on the northbound run from Miami.
A fresh Charger servicing Amtrak 30.
Amtrak’s westbound Empire Builder passes through a frozen scene as the blue hour descends on Brookfield after one of Wisconsin’s winter ice/snowstorms in February 1983. The two EMD F40PHs have... (more)
Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 climbs through Spanish Fork Canyon at the site of the Rio Grande ghost town of Mill Fork.
Back in the 1980's, it seemed the EMD F40PH locomotive would be around forever. The combined California Zephyr-Desert Wind-Pioneer train climbs Rio Grande's 2% grade through Detour on the way east... (more)
Westbound Amtrak #51 passing the C&O Station
Eastbound Pennsylvanian at Hunt Tower Huntington PA