Amtrak no. 5, the westbound California Zephyr climbs up the Truckee River Canyon from Reno Nevada to the summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains at Donner Pass.

Amtrak Cascades F40PH NPCU 90252 passes through White Rock on Northbound Seattle, WA to Vancouver, BC train 516.

The old Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe passenger station in Flagstaff is an icon in the town, and is still in use for the two Amtrak passenger trains, the eastbound and westbound Southwest Chiefsmore)

Amtrak P42DC 152 and 182 leading the California Zephyr Train AMTK 5 over the Donner Pass.

Amtrak P42DC 816 and 29 leading the three hours delayed California Zephyr Train AMTK 5 over the Donner Pass.

"Phase Tree"

On the afternoon of October 26th, 2022, Amtrak P32AC-DM 708 sits ready to lead Empire Service train 238 from Albany-Rensselaer Station with an interesting add... (more)

Amtrak 42 "The Pennsylvanian" climbs the West Slope of the Alleghenies towards its next stop in Altoona.

Amtrak train 3, the Southwest Chief, sits in Los Angeles Union Station after arriving from Chicago. Amtrak P42DC 123 is the lead locomotive, teamed with P42DC 66 – fitting, since this tr... (more)

Running 10 minutes late and leaving the setting sun behind, Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, approaches Atwood, a junction of the BNSF’s San Bernardino Sub and Metrolink’s... (more)

The Auto Train switcher has pulled out past their switch onto the Aloma Spur (also known as the Aloma Branch) to yard the train. Amtrak uses the wye here to turn their own power. At one time, it... (more)

The eastbound Empire Builder is running close to 5 hours late on a pleasant October morning as it glides along the Mississippi River, nearing its next station stop in St Cloud.

Passing through the Metrolink station in Orange is Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 580. This afternoon's train is unusual for two reasons: Amtrak Dash 8-32BWH 509, usually used as yard power in ... (more)

Pepsi Can Amtrak In an attempt to shoot both East Portal and here I chose to use my UAV for this capture from roughly 6 feet off the top set of rocks above tunnel 1; a favorite spot of... (more)

Amtrak 160, fresh from a roughly 1 1/2 month stint in the Chicago shops, leads the westbound Empire Builder out of Chicago and under the old Pennsylvania Railroad signal bridge at CP Morgan. This ... (more)

The Amtrak heritage engine 160 (known as the Pepsi Can paint scheme) exits Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado as it leads the California Zephyr 6 train towards Denver.