At 3:15 p.m. on August 20, 1988, an eastbound Santa Fe trailer train, led by AT&SF EMD F45 No. 5975, drops downgrade off Edelstein Hill just west of Chillicothe, Illinois.

Passing Geraniums neatly-planted along the platform at Hinsdale, Illinois, is a westbound Metra “dinky” accelerating after discharging passengers at the station stop on the pleasant spring aft... (more)

“The Sunrise”, exactly 12 hours late, passing the big local railfan spot. Good for photographers, passengers, not so much.

Amtrak’s westbound Empire Builder passes Soo Line train 17 at Duplainville, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of June 6, 1987. Leading train 17 is a former Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern EMD SD39,... (more)

MBTA 1031 leads an outbound train through the town of Shirley making its way west to Wachusett

The Winter Park Express Ski Train heads back to the passenger platform at dusk and will take exhausted skiers back to Denver, Colorado. After a day full of skiing, snowboarding and tubing it feel... (more)

The Westbound Empire Builder departs the Dells behind two of Amtrak's new ALC-42s.

With a little bit of good timing it is sometimes possible to see rail traffic passing on the southern drawbridge of the St. Lawrence Seaway crossing at the Victoria Bridge while a vessel is exitin... (more)

A brisk February dusk yields this Patchogue bound trainset making its way through the complicated turnouts near Jay Tower and Jamaica Station before it makes its way out to the far reaches of Long... (more)

Westbound Capitol Limited train number 29, rounds the corner about to knock down a Medium Clear signal at Point of Rocks. Amtrak P42DC 138 does the honors of pulling the Capitol Limited which had ... (more)

Amtrak 64 races southbound passing the auto 106 searchlights.

Amtrak Cardinal train 51 with Operation Lifesaver 50 Years of Rail Safety Education locomotive #203 arriving at Charlottesville.

At 3:40 p.m. on August 20, 1988, A westbound Santa Fe freight climbs Edelstein Hill east of Edelstein, Illinois. The train is led by AT&SF EMD FP45 No. 5990, painted in the doomed red and yellow S... (more)

On a beautiful Easter morning, Amtrak 96 slowly crosses over the Rappahannock River after making a station stop at the Amtrak Station in Fredericksburg, Virginia

This Edition Of Four Schemes. On Saturday, April 16, 2022, the Amtrak California Zephyr (Train 6) had a special delivery of 2 new Siemens ALC42 Chargers in addition to the regular consist.... (more)