The Amtrak "Texas Eagle" detours continue through Findlay Illinois as they continue building high speed rail through Springfield.

With storms off to the right and sunshine off to the left, Amtrak Auto Train #53 passes through Doswell VA on its route to Florida. May 2011.

CT DOT has purchased, but not repainted, former Amtrak P40 #836 for the Shore Line East service.

The eastbound Empire Builder rolls into the siding. In about 30 seconds it will pass the westbound Empire Builder<... (more)

Amtrak 817 slowly leads the Coast Starlight down Cuesta Pass and around the Horseshoe Curve. The train will soon be stopped in San Luis Obispo on this beautiful winter day.

Clear signal at Rose, Amtrak 350 departing Battle Creek.

Snow continues to fall in New Jersey as yet another ex-Amtrak P40DC makes an appearance in Hillside on a Raritan Line train. The hind end of CSX Q300 can be seen receding into the snow as it appr... (more)

Train #36, the eastbound Desert Wind, meets a northbound San Diegan at the platforms of Fullerton CA. Fullerton has changed considerably since this shot, even the Donald Duck orange juice plant i... (more)

Final Run!
The last NJ Transit Atlantic City Express Service train of the weekend rushes north through New Brunswick on the Northeast Corridor. The ACES train, owned by the Atlantic... (more)

ACES Train 7172 passes Hammonton on the way to NYC with the cars wrapped for the HBO series "The Boardwalk Empire".

Amtrak glides thru the old SP yard in Oakridge, amid some assorted snow-fighting equipment, and a long line of lumber cars that have been stored there for quite some time. Looks like some MOW wor... (more)

NJT 4800 takes a break from its typical assignment on the ACES train to Atlantic City, and is seen leading a run of the mill midday commuter job to Raritan.

An 800 series unit pulls her train up the airline in order to back in to CUS. Metra units are staged under the airline for the outbound rush on the race track.

Detour for the St. Louis to Chicago Texas Eagle. Track work on its normal line required the train to run another route non-stop through rural Illinois.

The engineer of southbound ACES train no. 7173 exchanges a friendly wave as it speeds through New Brunswick en route to Atlantic City. The coaches are wrapped in advertisements for the HBO series... (more)