Train number 565 heads north through the San Elijo Lagoon behind a somewhat unusual leader, Amtrak Dash-8 number 503. The old wooden trestle here is not long for this world. With the first track n... (more)

On a humid spring evening, Southern Railway 401 leads a mixed extra into Nelson Crossing as the tower operator looks on. This was a staged scene as part of a photo charter put on by Southern Rail ... (more)

Summer is always a busy time on the Surf Line. Due to a high number of travelers during ComiCon and the opening week of the Del Mar Races, an extra Pacific Surfliner train was run just ahead of tr... (more)

An F59PH locomotive leads a Metrolink train down the Perris Valley Line as it approaches the station at March Field. This locomotive will be retired in favor of a new F125 locomotive in the near f... (more)

How often do you see an in service passenger unit in primer? Power short due to the annual Polar Express trains, the Grand Canyon Railway made the decision to press their newest locomotive into se... (more)

Union Pacific's "Living Legend" 844 brings the southbound equipment positioning move for the 2018 Frontier Days train south as it nears the town of Nunn, Colorado. The crossing seen towa... (more)

Union Pacific's "Living Legend" 844 has the Frontier Days train flying through the small town of Peckham as it heads for Cheyenne.

Amtrak F59PHI 466 brings a southbound Cascades train around a corner as it nears the Kelso-Longview station stop. This F59 appears to have white "Amtrak" lettering on the nose rather tha... (more)

With the removal of some trees along the tracks in a northwestern neighborhood of Tacoma, a new location opens up. Here, we see a Charger locomotive leading train number 504 along Puget Sound as i... (more)

Train 393 rolls along south of Neoga, Illinois running just a few minutes late. SC-44 locomotive 4602 is in charge of the train on this evening. The extra baggage and dining cars at the end of the... (more)

A Siemens Charger locomotive leads southbound train 505 along Puget Sound at Steilacoom, Washington. Earlier in the day, this set was originally running as southbound train 517 between Vancouver a... (more)

Amtrak F59PHI 466 leads the last southbound Cascades train of the day along Puget Sound between Tacoma and Olympia. Built in 1998, this locomotive is running out its last days in Amtrak service.

The evening southbound Amtrak Cascades train from Vancouver to Seattle skims along the shores of Puget Sound just south of Bellingham. Providing power for the train on this day was F59PHI number 4... (more)

Two relatively new Siemens SC-44 "Charger" locomotives book end a Talgo set on northbound Cascades train 516 through Bellingham, Washington. This area is in the process of a major redevelopment pr... (more)

Amtrak Helps Out: In mid January of 2018, mudslides along the coast south of Santa Barbara forced the closure of Highway 101 for more than a week, driving many people to turn to Amtrak for travel ... (more)