Running over two hours late, Amtrak's northbound Crescent makes its nightly station stop at Gainesville, Georgia with Amtrak's Phase I heritage unit in the lead.

Northbound "Crescent"

Rolling east through Irondale, Amtrak's Crescent 20 is well behind schedule. The sleek passenger train cuts through big rain drops, while sweeping around NS Norris Yard.

The northbound Crescent heads over the Potomac River after passing Reagan National Airport on its way into Washington DC. Trees are in bloom and spring is already in the air.

Running over five hours late, Amtrak train 20 nears its station stop in Greensboro, NC on its way north on January 4, 2018.

In a scene right out of the heyday of passenger rail travel, restored Pullman sleeper "Dover Harbor" brings up the markers of the northbound Crescent on a quiet fall evening. The ... (more)

FRA (Federal Railroad Administration) "Office of Safety" car behind the locomotives as the northbound "Crescent" heads for its stop at Manassas

The entire consist of the northbound "Crescent" on the Susquehanna River bridge

Amtrak's "Crescent" heads north behind the Phase IV heritage unit and a B32-8

Amtrak Crescent train 20 arriving at Charlottesville.

After waiting on Track 2 for a southbound intermodal to pass, Amtrak 20 crosses over from Track 2 to Track 1 at Taylors, SC. Normally scheduled to depart Greenville, SC northbound a little before ... (more)

A daytime running of The Crescent #20 check. Getting it under old Southern signals check. A 9 hour late number 20 comes around the curve and under the Southern signals at Lowell, NC. Today makes t... (more)