On the first day of fall, the Wolverine is running 50 min late. By the time it gets to Hammond it will be about 69 min late.
Amtrak Springfield service is being handled by the Roger Williams set of cabbed RDC1s. Built as an answer to the lightweight trains of the late 1950s, the Roger Williams cabs outlasted those train... (more)
One of the oldest engines on Amtrak's roster, it was always interesting to see an SW1 working alongside the much more modern AEM7 road power.
Wide open down the racetrack, overtaking an Arrow set in the distance.
The "Crescent" arrives Manassas at dusk.
The rain has let up and the sun peeks through the clouds as a southbound Hiawatha Service train approaches the Sturtevant, Wisconsin, station. Scanned from a slide, taken when I was 16.
The "Coast Starlight nearing departure during the 50th Anniversary celebration at LAUPT.
Amtrak #200 (the first F40), long before it was emasculated into a "cabbage", heading into Chicago, it has crossed 8th St. in Michigan City and about to cross the South Shore directly behind me.
Equipment for train 572 being positioned; former Metroliner car then used in push-pull operations on Amtrak's "San Diegans".
"Sunset Limited" arriving Los Angeles
Hanging out in the Autotrain Yard is RS-3 Amtrak 107 (ex-Penn Central, exx-NYC).
Unusual to see two units on the "Desert Wind"
The old Santa Fe street running trackage in downtown Fresno was being removed as Amtrak 335 passes Fresno's new city hall. The track remains but is no longer part of the street.