A new Amtrak GE P32BWH shows off its new colors at Amtrak’s locomotive facility in Chicago, Illinois, as older EMD F40PH No. 299 stands by in the background on a sunny February 22, 1992.

Very rare occurrence on Auto Train as a P32 lead the 8 hour late service and seemed to collect a vulture along the way. Ice storms up north severely delayed the train.

AMTK 518 getting serviced in one of their Chicago Yard buildings

Amtrak’s westbound Southwest Chief, powered by a pair of GE B32BWH locomotives in “Pepsi Can” colors, flies through Ransom, Illinois, on May 2, 1992. Deadheading to California is a Amfleet c... (more)

AMTK 517 leads P050 has it slowly comes to a stop in Dyer Indiana.

AMTK 510 roars past the old SP truss bridge in Pismo Beach, California

Dash-8BWH beings the ascent up Cuesta Grade

A nice Hiawatha set made the 11 am departure out of Milwaukee on 334. Although these B40's are in the wrong paint scheme, they still look cool on the front of passenger trains. Here the train pass... (more)

Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight, led today by the AMTK 510, cools its heels at San Luis Obispo as passengers enjoy a chance to stretch their legs and admire the unusual leader on their train t... (more)

AMTK 510 passing the searchlight in Santa Margarita, CA

Something For Everyone. Making an unusual trip out of Los Angeles on the point of a train, AMTK 510 guides this morning's Amtrak 14, the northbound Coast Starlight, into Simi Valley ... (more)

A pedestrian takes in the passage of Amtrak Hiawatha train #337 as it makes way under the Pennsy signal bridge at CP Morgan. Today's 337 features a Dash 8 leader, a nice change of pace from the Ch... (more)

Rumbling through downtown Ventura, AMTK 510 lets everyone in this small, costal community hear it's unique, hybrid horn as it approaches the 541-foot-long bridge than crosses US 101.

Making good time on its southern trip down the rails that the famous Daylight passenger train once plied, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight races across the 811-foot-long Gaviota trestle.... (more)

Having just met its northbound counterpart, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight is back on the move and up to track speed as it races through the vineyards at Edna as it heads for the coast.