Conductor at work. Son Jeff observes, as the Chicago-Valparaiso commuter train makes a station stop in Hobart on the former PRR Fort Wayne line.

EMD's first F40, and the first of the more than 200 that Amtrak would own, pauses at New London, CT, with a Boston-bound corridor train. New London Union Station, in the background, was opened in ... (more)

Although Hohman Interlocking was one of Chicagoland's busiest junctions, it had not seen passenger trains since Amtrak left the former Erie Lackawanna mains in the late 1970s. Due to a gas leak, ... (more)

Amtrak EMD F40PH No. 306 pulls a 4-car passenger train equipped with Amfleet cars out of Chicago Union Station past Harrison Street Tower in May 1982. This view is from now-removed Polk Street ove... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder passes the new mainline re-alignment at Okauchee,WI where Sawyer Rd. will go under a bridged eastbound and westbound mains of what was once a grade crossing of th... (more)

An Amtrak corridor train from Boston has completed the diesel-to-electric power swap at New Haven, and AEM-7 909 is ready to depart for New York and Washington. New Haven Union Station, in the bac... (more)

The 742 was prepped for sale at the Wilmington Shops after decades of service switching terminals on the east coast in Albany-Rensselaer and Washington DC.

Two of the twelve Budd SPV-2000s purchased by the Connecticut DOT for Amtrak Springfield-New Haven service get underway out of Springfield station. Due to chronic mechanical problems these second-... (more)

The celebratory inaugural run of Amtrak's Cape Codder weekend service between New York and Hyannis, MA, pauses at Buzzards Bay behind flag-flying F40PH 349. This train ran seasonally in various co... (more)

Late on a spring morning, the Willamette Valley discharges passengers at Eugene. By the end of the year, the train would be discontinued.

On a snowless late winter afternoon, Amtrak FL9 485 leads the northbound Adirondack into Croton-Harmon station.

Amtrak 289 leads train #8, The Empire Builder, out of Milwaukee, WI in November of 1987. The old Milwaukee Solvay Coke facility is behind the train and the last remnants of the CNW mainline betwee... (more)

Amtrak's Sunset Limited and a westbound SP freight pass each other east of Tucson.

Southbound Texas Eagle about to leave Corsicana. The city and Amtrak talked for some time about building a shelter or station here, however that never happened. In 1995 the Texas Eagle ceased to r... (more)

Almost a year ago to the day, one of the most memorable and historic Amtrak events took place with the Farewell to the AEM-7 excursion, which provided a rare behind the scenes shop tour and assort... (more)