The westbound Southwest Chief arrives in Gallup during Golden Hour.

Amtrak Northeast Regional service train 176 crossing Red Hill Depot Lane.

Amtrak train #3 flies down the former Santa Fe towards Albuquerque, NM. Seen here passing history on a pole, the Southwest Chief doesn't mess around. Also note, the westbound semaphore for the mai... (more)

The James Whitcomb Riley moves past State Line Tower. Tom Golden photo.

Amtrak 201 departs the Dells with the westbound Empire Builder.

Amtrak's California Zephyr departs Chicago Union Station headed to the west coast. Though this train no longer operates the vista domes that made it famous, the scenery along the route is just as ... (more)

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr climbs out of Rocky, Colorado, on July 4, 2005. Above the train in the background is the east switch of Clay siding.

Catching the last rays of sunlight at Casmalia, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight hustles south with the last revenue run of the famed Pacific Parlour Cars sandwiched in the middle of this eveni... (more)

Amtrak Cardinal service train 51.

Having just crossed from Massachusetts into Rhode Island, a southbound Amtrak corridor train bound from Boston to Washington cants through the big curve at Central Falls, RI, behind F40PH 201 from... (more)

Amtrak 11 departs San Luis Obispo with the last ride of the Pacific Parlour Cars riding mid-train like usual this afternoon.

Splitting the searchlight signals still guarding the southern end of the Santa Margarita siding, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight approaches the summit of Cuesta Pass prior to the lengthy decen... (more)

With 3 P42's leading the train, today's Lakeshore Limited is the longest one will probably ever see, with 11 additional private cars on the rear for the AAPRCO 2017 Convention.

Locomotives... (more)

Heading east to go west, the California Zephyr leaves Rocky and heads toward Big 10 curve on the beginning of its Front Range climb out of Denver. The cut in the hill above is Clay siding.

During its first summer of seasonal operation, Amtrak's New York-Hyannis Cape Codder comes off the lift bridge that spans the Cape Cod Canal at Buzzards Bay, MA, behind one of Amtrak's original gr... (more)