Auto Train nearing its northern destination, from the "other" (east) side of Neabsco

Auto Train nearing its northern destination

Amtrak's Auto Train nearing the end of its northbound run.

Auto-Train is approaching its northern destination

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

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A pair of long shank Type F couplers move past a blurring background as the wickedly fast Amtrak Auto Train r... (more)

A pair of sister GE P40DC locomotives is seen pulling the always interesting Amtrak Auto Train as it blows through the small township of Pierson in sunny Florida.

The Auto train roars thru Folkston under clearing skies and a rainbow.

Even after holding at Possum Point for VRE 310, Amtrak's "Auto-Train" is over an hour early as it greets the sun at Neabsco.

A run-of-the-mill wedgie proves to be something of significance almost two years after it was taken. I ran across this photo I had taken of what I thought to be a boring P42 leading the northbound... (more)

An early-running Auto Train greets a spectacular morning as it crosses Neabsco Creek, near the end of its journey

The southbound Floridian changes crews at Nashville Union Station. The deteriorating condition of the Indiana rail network in the early 70's forced Amtrak to look for alternate routes around the ... (more)

Thanks to a CSX derailment near Petersburg, VA, the day before, AMtrak's Auto-Train had to be rerouted onto the Norfolk Southern via Selma and Greensboro, NC. Crew change took place at Charlottes... (more)

Amtrak's northbound Auto Train begins its journey up the RF&P to Lorton, Virginia.