Age is relative. While the P40DC is one of the older engines operating on Amtrak today (AMTK 822, Phase III), at the Valley Railroad it is one of the youngest ever to grace these rails. Seen on Su... (more)

Last stand. On the scorching hot summer morning of July 24, 2015, Amtrak's Auto Train (Train 52) crosses Powell's Creek in Woodbridge, Virginia. This train is famous for being "the longest passeng... (more)

Amtrak 53 blasts south of Seville on a warm morning.

An Amtrak GE waits at the shops.

Through the golden aspens, lifting the fallen leaves from the roadbed within the mountain meadows of Tolland, Amtrak California Zephyr is on time. Number 5 is about to crest the continent at the G... (more)

Winter Park Express emerges from the bore at West Portal at Winter Park, CO amid ideal deep snowy conditions on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. February morning sunshine filters down into the valle... (more)

On a cool, May afternoon along the Southern California coast...a rather odd Amtrak train makes its way down the ex-Southern Pacific coast line with a final destination of Los Angeles. Originating ... (more)

Amtrak 53 crests the hill in Seville.

Amtrak's Auto Train heads north over the 1927 ACL drawbridge at the Ortega River.

Amtrak's Auto Train running a bit late rolls through rural Volusia county.

Snow Bound at Coal Creek

Spring snow grips the Moffat Road at tunnel 1 and Coal Creek, CO. Amtrak #5 the California Zephyr whisks up a blizzard before rolling into the Tunnel... (more)

The daily eastbound Capital Limited has been running with only 4 cars lately, presumably due to a decline in ridership because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today's train is no exception although it r... (more)

The Air Up There..

Hey, I've gone aloft as I catch The Southwest Chief racing below the Sandia Mountains and into Albuquerque

Two Amtrak long-distance trains are prepped for their evening departures at the "Launching Pad," at the carrier’s Redondo Junction facility about three miles south of downtown L.A. Th... (more)

The Auto Train passes through central Florida. I find it odd that Amtrak's longest (and reportedly most profitable) trains is assigned the oldest road power on the roster, with this particular tr... (more)