The eastbound Broadway Limited rounds the curve along the Susquehanna River east of CP Cannon.

Southern Crescent, northbound near Hattiesburg.

In Amtrak's early days, the Floridian was generally short enough to be handled by a single E, like this B&O hand-me-down getting its windshield cleaned. The train would grow for a couple years, t... (more)

Amtrak train 14, the northbound ("westbound" by Southern Pacific's timetable) Coast Starlight is just about at the station in San Luis Obispo, California, on July 2, 1974. Amtrak... (more)

DRGW 5771 awaits to leave Denver's Union Station on a snowy day on Mar 26, 1983. The Ski Train also is in the picture awaiting its departure.

On a hazy Chicago morning, a quintet of F-units hit the diamonds at Ash Street Tower on the point of Santa Fe train #1, the San Francisco Chief, just underway out of Dearborn Station. F7 320 leads... (more)

DRGW 5771 leads the westbound Rio Grande Zephyr at Denver, CO, on June 19, 1982..

With a far different skyline than today, DRGW 5771 with the Rio Grande Zephyr crosses the Platte River at Denver, CO, June 19, 1982.

In the late 1960s the Illinois Central operated an expedited overnight piggyback service between Chicago and Memphis, trains 50 and 51, known as the Fastback. E-units were the regular power. At du... (more)

A Western Pacific freight led by an ABBA set of FTs passes the California Zephyr somewhere between Ogden, Utah and Oakland, California. Richard Steinbrenner Photo

The twin tunnels through Breakneck Ridge north of Cold Spring, NY, have seen numerous generations of equipment come and go on the Hudson Line. In the late 1970s, the newest thing was the Rohr Turb... (more)

Saturday mornings during the winter were doubly busy at Denver Union Station. As soon as the Rio Grande Zephry leaves for Salt Lake City, the Rio Grande Ski Train will board, and wil... (more)

Amtrak is just over 2 years old as a group of kids watch what is likely the Empire Builder or North Coast Limited make its' station stop at the Milwaukee depot in September of 1973. The EMD E9 is ... (more)

As the sun drops low, VIA's westbound Ocean pauses at Moncton, NB, on its overnight journey from Halifax to Montreal. Up front are one of VIA's classic MLW FPA4s and a companion B-unit.

Just underway for New York, the Delaware & Hudson's overnight Montreal Limited pauses at Montreal West station behind looming PA 19. The D&H would handle this train to Albany, where PC would take ... (more)