The sun is rising on what is set to be the hottest day of the summer as the Auto Train, just an hour away from its final destination cuts the early morning air.

P052 crosses McGirts Creek Bridge, one of two drawbridges in Jacksonville, in nice evening light.

The Auto Train heads south over the St John's River in a view only possible from a boat.

Auto-Train is approaching its northern destination

Amtrak train 53, southbound "Auto Train" rolls over the grade crossings in downtown Ashland, VA on it's way from Lorton, VA taking the some early snowbirds and other vacationers down to Sanford, F... (more)

Running over 7 hours behind schedule, the northbound Auto Train cruises through Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Amtrak No. 8, the eastbound Empire Builder, is east of Red Eagle near Pinnacle, Montana, amid the autumn color of Glacier National Park country on a damp October 6, 1997.

Auto-Train approaching its Lorton destination; running almost an hour early.

A kayak paddle of one hour brings the first views of Buffalo Bluff bridge to Railpictures.net. Here we catch Auto train rumbling across the bridge, one of 4 trains seen in about 2 hours here.

Amtrak's Auto train, the P052, crosses Mcgirts Creek Bridge with two P40DCs in the lead.

Amtrak glides thru the old SP yard in Oakridge, amid some assorted snow-fighting equipment, and a long line of lumber cars that have been stored there for quite some time. Looks like some MOW wor... (more)

Detour for the St. Louis to Chicago Texas Eagle. Track work on its normal line required the train to run another route non-stop through rural Illinois.

Not Quite The Phoebe Snow. Although the Lackawanna's flagship came off in 1966, for at least one weekend, through sleeper service returned to Scranton. This train would operate to Al... (more)

Amtrak 818 backing through the Steamtown roundhouse at the end of Railfest 2010.

Rare Mileage? Likely treading where no passenger train has before, AMTK 818 tiptoes off Steamtown's front display track. The steam locos normally parked there had been moved elsewh... (more)