Fresh out of overhaul and wearing a brand new heritage scheme honoring the famous "Pepsi Can" Phase III, Amtrak P42DC 160 leads the Capitol Limited through the summit of the Allegheny Mo... (more)

Amtrak Capitol Limited Train 30 has just departed from Cumberland, MD en route Washington, DC. Behind GE P42DC 39 & B32-8WH 518 are four brand new Siemens ALC-42s. These engines have slowly been r... (more)

Amtrak Capitol Limited Train 30 exits the Graham Tunnel and crosses the Potomac River with a colorful consist. Behind engines 40, heritage 130 and 28 are five private cars in route to Washington, ... (more)

Amtrak Meets MARC. A four-hour late Amtrak Capital Limited (Train 30, AMTK 69, P42DC leading) passed the Gaithersburg, Maryland station at the right time to meet MARC Train 873 (MARC 7759, ... (more)

Power Move with Cars Amtrak 30 rolls out of Cumberland with more engines than cars. Up front is a regular P42, then a seldom-seen Dash 8, and then 4 brand new ALC-42 Chargers being deliver... (more)

A fresh Charger servicing Amtrak 30.

In the Independence Day spirit, here Amtrak’s Capital Limited is seen coming to a stop at the Amtrak Station in Martinsburg, WV with a special lead engine. The train left Chicago the night befor... (more)

Snow On The Rocks. A nice coating of snow covers the ground as well as the 1873 B&O Railroad E. Francis Baldwin designed Gothic Revival style depot at Point Of Rocks, Maryland as Amtrak Tra... (more)

The Envelope Of Light. Amtrak Train 30 (Capitol Limited) crossed the Youghiogheny River in McKeesport, Pennsylvania at a little before 0700 on Sunday, May 22, 2022 with P42DC AMTK 48 leadin... (more)

Precious Cargo. Amtrak Train 30 (Capital Limited) was entrusted with the final leg of the delivery of Amtrak ACS-64 642 (Salutes Our Veterans). On the afternoon of May 18, 2015, it makes the stati... (more)

It's not common to have two P40DCs lead a train, but it happened on Amtrak's Capitol Limited on October 17. Here, Amtrak 822 and 831 lead train 30 in route to Washington. Amtrak 30 pauses in Pit... (more)

Amtrak 202 leads the Eastbound Capitol Limited through the restored depot in Waterloo, Indiana.

The view from the dome: the eastbound Amtrak Capitol Limited descends Sand Patch Grade on a bright fall morning in 1985. Up front are a pair of Amtrak F40PH diesels.