Shorter Silver Star on a Saturday Morning breezing along to Deland, Florida

The COVID 19 crisis has brought unusual shorter consists to Silver Service trains, like the Silver Star.

Amtrak P097 racing southbound to Miami running 3 hours late

Running as advertised, Amtrak's Southwest Chief #3 traverses the high-desert terrain of Northern New Mexico on a crisp, sunny Autumn afternoon.

What better place to take my 12 year old nephew to work on his Boy Scout Railroad Merit badge than the CSX Folkston Funnel. Here Amtrak 166 and 821 hustle north through Folkston with the Silver M... (more)

Amtrak 68 The "Adirondack" is passing the Capital Region Toys For Tots Train on the Rockland Siding at Port Douglas. Amtrak 88 is on the rear of the TFT Train while the Amtrak Phase I he... (more)

The southbound "Crescent" on-time and making time, as it passes Midland, Virginia

Pacific Surfliner No. 1761 with private cars today. Vista dome Silver Splendor built in 1956 for the CB&Q and the Denver Zephyr. Original name Silver Buckle. Santa Fe Acoma a Club Lounge, built fo... (more)

The coastal fog is rolling in over the hills by San Luis Obispo as a late Coast Starlight makes it's way over the Stenner Creek Viaduct.

The Northbound Coast Starlight crossing the Arroyo Hondo Bridge. The concrete highway bridge is a relic from the old Pacific Coast Highway.

Amtrak Train 4 briefly visits this old barn just west of Floyd on the BNSF Marceline Sub., bound for Chicago and running on time in 90 MPH territory.

Locomotives: AMTK 166, AMTK 84

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Moments before sunrise, Amtrak 29 Capitol Limited heads westbound for Chicago on the NS Chicago Line just west of Wawaka, Indiana.

Seemingly a hundred miles out into the Southern Colorado prairie, in a tiny ghost town known of by few called Delhi, stands the last wig-wag on a class one mainline in the United States. On this m... (more)

Amtrak pulls into town as crowds gather for the NW 611.

Fruita's most visible landmark, the awesomely-painted grain elevator, provides a colorful backdrop for the eastbound Amtrak California Zephyr, zipping through town right on time. Fruita is home to... (more)