The Coast Starlight nears LA as they pass Camarillo in the late evening with a Dash 8 leader.

A very clean Amtrak Dash 8-32BWH 508 switches autoracks at the carrier’s southern terminus for its Auto Train on a hot, humid morning. (Sanford, Florida – August 7, 2017)

A pair of "Pepsi Can" GEs has brought The Southwest Chief to its station stop in Joliet. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of Amtrak dash-8's lead a loaded ballast train out of Michigan City to help work on the Amtrak Michigan Line.

California Department of Transportation (CDTX) Dash 8-32BWH 2051 was built as Amtrak 501 in December 1991. (Oakland, California – February 20, 2018). Photographed on railroad property with ... (more)

Amtrak’s eastbound Southwest Chief flies over a fill along a trackside pond west of Leeds, Illinois, on May 9, 1992. Powering train 4 is a pair of new GE B32BWH locomotives bracketing an older E... (more)

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)