The Empire Builder, lead by AMTK 17, sends fresh snow swirling into the air as it flies through Newport less than 48hrs after a snow storm dumped up to 20" of snow in some areas of the Twin C... (more)

A railroading version of the tortoise and the hare. The fresh snow kicked up by the Empire Builder illustrates the speed difference of the two trains. AMTK 17 is sprinting ahead of BNSF 6778, wh... (more)

While the historic city water tower is no longer in use, it makes for a nice backdrop as Amtrak's Empire Builder operating over five hours late sweeps thru an S curve in downtown Elk River MN.

AMTK P42DC#17 and P32BWH#513 lead P98 past a canal just south of the Amtrak West Palm Beach Station.

Northbound train 80, the "Carolinian", is crossing S. Elm street just before stopping at the Greensboro Depot. The brick building to the right of the train is the old Southern Railway of... (more)

The Southwest Chief quickly slows down as it prepares to stop at Amtrak's Flagstaff station. This is one of two passenger trains that stop here daily. Amtrak 3 will arrive later at night.

AMTK 17 and 2 sister locos head the California Zephyr, east of Truckee in 1998. What is the carriage immediately behind the locos?

The haze from last year's massive wildfires in the Colorado Rocky Mountains casts a red glow as the sunrise greets the California Zephyr on its run towards Denver.

Lifting the Snow at Espy

Along the South Boulder Creek near Espy and Tolland, a popular place to take in the sights and sounds of the traffic on the Moffat Road.

Amtrak's California Zephyr races across the BNSF Mendota Sub on its tri-weekly trek to the west coast. The train curves around the scenic area between Buda and Wyanet. The train begins climbing up... (more)

Lifting Snow Along the South Boulder

Number 5 running on time kicks up some fresh snow near the Great Divide at Tolland. Running track speed and looking so clean and fresh th... (more)

The #5 California Zephyr out of Denver had extra cars today (total of 10) compared to the scaled back COVID consists, although it was still missing the baggage car. Here we see it exiting Tunnel ... (more)

Amtrak Cardinal stopped at Charlottesville.

With the freshly painted Amtrak 50th Anniversary unit #46 in tow, the east bound Cardinal picks up speed after its station stop in Staunton on its way towards Washington D.C.