Happy 50th Amtrak! Amtrak's Auto Train the flagship of the east roars into Seville on Amtrak's Birthday. Sign on lower left is a reminder how deadly grade crossings can be.

Amtrak 18, which a few days before had sadly been involved in a fatal collision with a pick-up truck in Lakeland, sits on one of the main lines near the CSX Winston yard in Lakeland, Florida. Most... (more)

Amtrak 18, which a few days before had sadly been involved in a fatal collision with a pick-up truck in Lakeland, sits on one of the main lines as a CSX train backs into the Winston yard in Lakela... (more)

The Lake Shore Limited heads through East Syracuse.

Amtrak number 5, the California Zephyr is on the fill west of Rollinsville, CO along South Boulder Creek among the peak color of Aspens.

Outside Auto Train, I believe this is the largest Amtrak train I have ever personally witnessed. Running 10 hours late on June 28, 1998, Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr crosses Blue Mountai... (more)

After waiting a few minutes for MOW crews to clear the tracks down at Rocky Siding, Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr descends Big Ten Curve and continues east towards Denver on May 25th, 2018.... (more)

In my May trip out to Arizona I wanted to hit up the Lordsburg stuff since it had some different style signals on it east of Tuscon. The Lordsburg Sub is part of the Sunset Route that runs from Tu... (more)

Just as the sun sets behind the hills, Amtrak No. 822 comes around a curve and heads for the classic Gainesville passenger station built by Santa Fe.

Westbound Lake Shore Limited Boston section arrives at Springfield. The platforms are being rebuilt as part of a project to restore Springfield Union Station to service. The building closed in 197... (more)

Three sets of RDC cars in three different paint schemes rest at Danbury, Conn., on Metro North. Amtrak 18 is flanked by two sets of MNCR cars.

After suffering major mechanical issues over Raton Pass, Amtrak's Southwest Chief #3 makes are rare daylight run over Arizona as it rounds the curve at Valentine.

As I was watching the eastbound Southwest Chief pull out of Albuquerque's downtown station, I thought, "Wow, the sound sure echos off the buildings here. It sounds like there's a train behind... (more)

As a BNSF Railway freight heads west, Amtrak train #4, the "Southwest Chief," rolls to its first stop on its Los Angeles to Chicago journey. Pulling the train on June 12th, 2015, at Ful... (more)