Amtrak's eastbound Maple Leaf pauses at the Niagara Falls, Ontario station. Power is a former GO Transit GP40TC.

488 on 48
Amtrak 488 leads 48, the Lake Shore Limited, east/south along the Hudson Line on the causeway between Roa Hook and Peekskill.

There are two Mount Rainiers in this shot: the mountain and the train. The next station stop for train 797 is Tacoma.

Amtrak's San Joaquin roars past the elderly station sign at Blanco in June 1988. The next station stop for train 709 will be at Hanford.

A Roger Puta Photograph

Amtrak EMD GP7 No. 760 switches a train below Harrison Street Tower on Chicago Union Station trackage as seen from Polk Street in May 1983. This overpass is now gone and the tower is no longer use... (more)

Trains to Planes! Amtrak 393 lead a special train from Chicago to the EAA Convention in Oshkosh, WI. in July of 1987. Once the route of The Laker, this is one of a few passenger trains to traverse... (more)

A burned out headlight needs changing as Amtrak No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, makes its station and service stop at Denver, Colorado, on February, 23, 1986. The electrician has found a w... (more)

1 of 2 built, Amtrak #450 dashes thru the snow with a Hiawatha in Oak Creek, WI in January of 1991.

The 1937-vintage PRR cat poles dwarf an eastbound Keystone Service train crossing the Conewago Creek at the junction with the old Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad. The C&L Branch was severely damaged ... (more)

New Year's Day 1991 finds Amtrak's California Zephyr train No. 6 climbing the Mapleton Bench near Spanish Fork with freshly shopped and painted F40PH No. 353 in the lead.

A pair of Amtrak F40PHs are seen bringing the Sweden-built X2000 past Joliet's Union Station. The X2000 was used in testing along the Northeast Corridor during 1992 and 1993 and was the predecess... (more)

The westbound California Zephyr. A Roger Puta Photograph

A Roger Puta Photograph

Amtrak leased a group of 15 GP40s from Helm Financial Corporation in the early 1990s. Engine 656 idles between assignments at the Rio Grande depot in Salt Lake City on March 1, 1992. It was built ... (more)