"90 Miles in Between"

Amtrak's Phase IV Heritage P42 #184 leads the daily southbound Heartland Flyer into its station stop at the historic Santa Fe depot in Ardmore, Oklahoma on a cl... (more)

PURCELL OK July 29 1979 — Amtrak SDP40F 526 leads the northbound Lone Star as it transitions from Santa Fe's Northern Division to Middle Division. Note peculiar font used in fireman-side number ... (more)

Amtrak's Operation Lifesaver 50th Anniversary motor leads a late Empire Builder toward Fargo, ND. We lucked into a sucker hole on an otherwise pretty cloudy morning for this one. See Tracks? T... (more)

The California Zephyr pulls into Omaha depot. The train is over 3.5 hours late, with a normal scheduled time into Omaha around 5 am. Trains on this route between Chicago and San Francisco have str... (more)

GARDEN CITY KS June 16 1979 — Amtrak SDP40f 505 leads the westbound Southwest Limited as the train slows for a station stop. I have no idea why the red headlight appears to be lighted. My photo.

As the fog starts to lift AMTK 169 & 29 race east with a seven hour & 12 minute late #6.

Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr makes its evening run across the BNSF Ottumwa Sub, cruising through Chillicothe, Iowa a few miles past its last station stop in Ottumwa. Trailing 3rd is Siemen... (more)

An eight hour late #6 races east toward its next stop in Hastings, Nebraska.

Amtrak train 6, the eastbound California Zephyr, departed McCook, Nebraska, 8 hours and 16 minutes late – it was due to depart at 23:49. AMTK P42DCs 60 and 75 are making good time with t... (more)

On our 8th day in Omaha, I woke up and checked the Amtrak app to see if the train had arrived already. As had been the case for several days in a row, Amtrak 6 was running late. I got in my car ... (more)

AMTK 132 & 29 lead a 6 hour & 50 minute late California Zephyr on BNSF's Hastings subdivision.

Amtrak’s Empire Builder, train 8, reflects on Amtrak’s historical paint schemes as the 50th Anniversary duo of 160 and 161, roll eastbound through Ross, ND, on the way into Fargo.

"Welcome to Purcell!"

Amtrak's Phase IV Heritage P42 #184 leads the daily southbound Heartland Flyer into Purcell station in Oklahoma as the station master, Joe Ellis, waves on. more)

O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A, Oklahoma, OK! Both Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome/sleeper 313 (WEBX 801044) and former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built dome/coach 5... (more)

After striking a truck in Texas the afternoon prior, the northbound "Texas Eagle" makes a rare daylight appearance at CPY 289 with Amtrak's veterans locomotive in the lead.