The Coast Starlight makes its station stop at Klamath Falls. After a crew change, the train will depart for its scenic crossing of the Oregon Cascades.

A Bruce Van Sant original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

The 'Minuteman' under partly cloudy skies. According to the slide notes, this is one of the first revenue runs for this unit. A J. C. Smith, Jr. original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

The train provides welcome color on an otherwise dingy winter day in 1987. An original Kodachrome slide from my collection; the photographer was not specified.

An H. E. Brouse original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

A Los Angeles bound Amtrak "San Diegan" is just a minute or two out of it's Del Mar station stop along the California coast

A Bruce Van Sant original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

Note the severely bent catenary pole in the background. A Norman Blackwood original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

An original Kodachrome slide from my collection; the photographer was not specified.

The #900 undergoing numerous tests at the FRA Transportation Test Center. The FRA published a rather extensive report detailing the results of these tests which can be found Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: ASEA AEM-7
Location: Pueblo, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 900
Train ID: Test
Photo Date: May 07, 1981

The slide notes this unit was one of the units powering the Barnum & Bailey Circus train that year. An original Agfachrome slide from my collection; the photographer was not specified.

A Bruce Van Sant original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

A southbound Amtrak train lead by AEM7 936 crosses the Gunpowder River at Chase, Maryland. In just over eight months, this quiet location would become nationally known thanks to a pothead named Ri... (more)

A Walter Schopp original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

With the 1980s version of the Seattle skyline in the background, Amtrak's Pioneer gets underway out of King Street Station, bound for Salt Lake City and a Chicago connection.