A close up of the rear of GN observation 1196, named City of Spokane brightens up a gray July day in Seattle at King St. Station. The car had come in as a charter on an Amtrak train. Note the BN o... (more)

GN observation 1196, named City of Spokane brightens up a gray July day in Seattle at King St. Station. The car had come in as a charter on an Amtrak train.

With a snow-covered Continental Divide looming above, the Rio Grande Ski Train heads for the Moffat Tunnel at East Portal, Colorado, on February 16, 2008. Carrying the markers today’s train is t... (more)

In May 1982, New York Central tavern-lounge-observation car No. 48 trails an Amtrak train into Chicago Union Station scissoring past Amtrak SW1 No. 736 and F40PH No. 249 leading another passenger ... (more)

Santa Fe’s eastbound Super Chief, Train 18, had to go in the siding at Blanchard, N.M. to clear for the much heavier unit coal train, operating from York Canyon, N.M. to Kaiser Steel at Fontana,... (more)

The "Quaker City" bringing up the rear of the "Midday Congressional/Silver Star" as it heads for Penn Station in New York City.

Amtrak's Pacific International heads north along Samish Bay about 20 minutes south of a station stop at Bellingham, WA on its run from Seattle to Vancouver, BC. During this time the train often fe... (more)

Bringing up the rear of the North Coast Hiawatha at North La Crosse, former Denver Zephyr dome obs Silver Veranda adds a touch of class to the rear of the train. It provides the only visual eviden... (more)

The San Joaquin Daylight. A Roger Puta Photograph

The northbound "City of Miami" during its station stop at Centralia

The eastbound Canadian slows to enter a siding near the summit of Kicking Horse Pass, just west of Lake Louise, AB, where it will run around a freight holding the main, but have to wait for anothe... (more)

On Saturday, October 1, 2016, a train of 7 private varnish cars covered the MTA Metro-North Railroad Hudson Line for a special excursion. The New York Central Railroad Babbling Brook (800007) brin... (more)

A cold wintry rain greets the Canadian upon its arrival at Vancouver, BC. The grayness of the day is accentuated by the missing drumhead on the observation car. By this time, VIA has taken over th... (more)

A night to remember. DRGW train 18, the Rio Grande Zephyr has arrived at Denver Union Station on the night of Dec 24, 1982 after having to fight a horrendous snow storm. To the left in the photo ... (more)

Amtrak's Starlight arrives at Oakland with a beautiful observation on the rear.