Amtrak 98 accelerates into Satsuma after a brief speed restriction due to signal issues. The piles of ties are from a track improvement project earlier this year.

The morning Cardinal running late slows to check for passengers at Thurmond.

VIA 98/AMTK63, the Maple Leaf, prepares for a station stop less than one mile ahead in Grimsby.

Turns out that an Amtrak train is at the end of the rainbow today. Not quite what I was expecting.

Newport News-bound train 67 passes some classic C&O signals on a warm spring morning.

The morning Pennsylvanian slows for freight traffic ahead

Amtrak, as NS O4T, heads east through Thompsontown, destination Harrisburg.

Silver Star crests the Orange City hill racing southbound. Who says there are no hills in Florida?

It's after sunset the night of one of the biggest snows in recent memory in Rocky Mount NC, and things are a winter wonder land at the Tar River bridge just north of town. A late running P089, beg... (more)

It's after sunset the night of one of the biggest snows in recent memory in Rocky Mount NC, and frozen switches are wreaking havoc on CSX. A late running P089, after stopping just north of town fo... (more)

Amtrak 24 propels the 1450 Portland to Vancouver, Cascades, out of Centralia.WA. BNSF locos 2276, 8286 and 5439 are also present.

Afternoon light on the eastbound Empire Builder isn't usually possible in Dakota, MN unless they're running late. In this case they were as they near River Junction almost 6 hours behind schedule... (more)

The Empire Builder #8 comes into Whitefish five hours late. The Amtrak staff at the depot reported mechanical issues back in Seattle as the reason.

After a brief station stop and crew change, a very late Empire Builder is back on the move eastbound for St. Paul.

Over 6 hours late, the eastbound Empire Builder dodges clouds as it sprints through Sauk Rapids, just a couple of miles shy of its next stop at St Cloud.