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)

The Reno Fun Train heads west on Donner Pass during a clear winter afternoon.

It's April, and the Long Island Sound beach at Rocky Neck in East Lyme, CT, is empty, but that won't be the case in a couple months. Meanwhile, Amtrak F40PH 309 hurries along with a westbound Nort... (more)

On its way downstate, Amtrak's Chicago-Carbondale Shawnee pauses at Homewood station on a fall morning to pick up suburban riders. The standard F40PH is in charge.

A Rohr Turbo set running northbound from New York to Albany exits the Breakneck Ridge tunnel at Cold Spring, NY, on a summer afternoon. The distinctive scent of jet fuel from its exhaust will hang... (more)

With downtown Boston in the background, a Northeast Corridor train departs South Station for New York and Washington behind F40PH 213. Today there are more tracks here, a web of catenary covers th... (more)

Its journey over Raton Pass complete, the westbound Southwest Limited stops at the mission-style station at Raton, New Mexico. Ahead is a race across the desert plains until the grade to Gl... (more)

With the snow-covered Rockies shining brightly in the distance, Amtrak’s Southwest Limited curves around the iconic Wootton Ranch. This was the one-time home of Richens “Uncle Dick” W... (more)

The eastbound Southwest Limited, Amtrak Train 4, has crested Raton Pass, and is nearing Wooton, Colorado as it rolls toward Trinidad on a beautiful May evening.

A brand new Amtrak AEM-7 is in the Indiana Harbor Belt's Argo Yard as it awaits movement east to Blue Island Yard for a pick up by Conrail for delivery to its owner on the east coast. Tom Golden ... (more)