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” Wootton... (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)

A early morning Utah Railway coal train waits to enter the main. As Amtrak number 6 the Zephyr races by.

Golden Hills in the Golden State

Amtrak's Coast Starlight is famed for its views of the Pacific Ocean. But even though the old Southern Pacific mainline veers inland a bit at... (more)

EMD's and Amtrak's first F40PH, Amtrak 200, pauses at Providence Union Station at the head of Boston-New Haven train 153, the Beacon Hill. The Northeast Corridor mainline was later rerouted throug... (more)

These unique RDCs with locomotive-style cabs were built in 1957 as part of a six-car experimental train for the New Haven RR, called the "Roger Williams" and intended for Boston-New York... (more)

Amtrak 399 leads a Baby Builder past Puetz Road in Oak Creek, WI in January of 1993. I think this train originated in the Twin Cities due to issues further west.

During its short tenure on the Northeast Corridor, Amtrak's leased Bombardier LRC set departs South Station on a southbound run. Unfortunately the LRC's mechanical performance was not the equal of... (more)