The northbound Texas Eagle passes Illinois' State Capitol building as it crosses the very appropriately named Capitol Avenue.

Big Boss Boardman on the eastbound #28

The sun is starting to break through the fog bank as Amtrak #7 breaks out of the fog at Gold Bar, WA just after sunrise on 1/27/07.

Cascades train 513 southbound at Vader, WA.

Good timing for the Starlight just as the sun burned through the morning fog in S.E. Thurston County, WA.

You don't see an Amtrak train here in daylight normally... With a delay of more than three hours, "Empire Builder" is running towards Pasco

Westbound "Empire Builder" passes Murdock

Eastbound "Empire Builder" passes the Horsethief Lake dam on time

SB "Portland Rose"

The Amtrak test train crawls up the 2.2% grade uphill toward the Stampede Tunnel at Martin. This is the first passenger train this line has seen in years!

Empire Builder ready to depart Seattle.

The Coast Starlight passes through a section of the Rocky Prairie Natural Area near Plumb in SE Thurston County, WA while into the first hours of its trip south to L.A.

After a good, hearty freight chase south down the Hill, driving back north to the summit, something strange happened. Far off in the distance, a little sliver train pokes over the hill. No way, th... (more)