The eastbound Cardinal arrives at its brief station stop of Thurmond, deep in the New River Gorge. It was a rainy morning, but an Amtrak photo on Amtrak's birthday seemed appropriate.

No. 51, the westbound Cardinal, highballs through Craigsville on the former C&O Mountain Division.

No. 50, the eastbound Cardinal, blasts through Marmet on a beautiful spring morning.

Running a few minutes late and just minutes out of the station stop at White Sulphur Springs, Amtrak 51 and 77 lead the eastbound Cardinal at Tuckahoe, WV.

AMTRAK PO50, the Cardinal, pulls the cut at Moss Run, WV on its journey East.

The eastbound Cardinal approaches Thurmond Station on a beautiful fall like morning. The Cardinal picked up 17 boy scouts in Thurmond this day for a quick train ride over to Prince.

Baggage service on Amtrak's Cardinal is still a fairly new procedure as the Charleston Ticket Agent converses with an Amtrak conductor during the routing station stop in Charleston.

A late Cardinal, train #50, changing crews during stop in Charlottesville, VA.

Amtrak P050, the eastbound Cardinal crosses over the C&O trestle in the valley of Ansted.

The eastbound Cardinal splits the signals at Scott Depot.

Amtrak 51, the westbound Cardinal idles in downtown Huntington on a humid June night. Baggage service on the Cardinal was established in May of 2010 adding a bit of variety to the otherwise dull c... (more)

The Cardinal makes its way west into Lafayette early on a beautiful saturday morning. There they will make a quick stop at the passenger station. Then continue their trip west towards Chicago.

The Cardinal departs Chicago for New York, going the long way through Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia and to DC before heading up the NE Corridor line, arriving in NYC 28 hours l... (more)

The eastbound Cardinal highballs through Marmet going an impressive 70 MPH.

Amtrak P051, the westbound Cardinal sits idling at the Charleston Amtrak Station as a considerable amount of passengers board the Chicago bound train.