At evening, Amtrak's Southwest Ltd gets ready at former Dearborn station
Due to a derailment on the UP Overland Route in Wyoming, Amtrak detoured the San Francisco Zephyr via the Rio Grande between Salt Lake City and Denver. Here train #6 departs the D&RGW depot at Hel... (more)
Due to a derailment on the UP Overland Route in Wyoming, Amtrak received permission to detour eastbound train #6, the San Francisco Zephyr, via the Rio Grande between Salt Lake City and Denver. Du... (more)
Getting ready to be split in Washington & Newport News sections. Note two dome cars; first (former B&O) is deadheading. Both will go to Newport News, due to low clearances in the Washington area... (more)
I know what I was doing on the 4th of July in 1978. I was riding in the next to last sleeper on the Sunset Limited through the mighty desert of the American Southwest. The sunset was not fully dra... (more)
Inbound at Chicago; Phase One. For a collection of shots taken on this trip see the Godfatherrails.com Channel
A pair of new SDP40F's pause at Chicago. To see the entire collection of red noses, pointless arrows, and other equipment from this day of fanning, click on the Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: EMD SDP40FLocation: Chicago, Illinois, USALocomotive #: AMTK 600Train ID: light powerPhoto Date: May 25, 1974
Outbound with the Post Office in the distance, new power in the pointless arrow scheme breaks forth past some funky brackets. #616 would have been in the second batch of 75 SDP40F's Amtrak would ... (more)
Not often you see a diesel pop off. The shops were torn down when the yard rebuild was done.
Amtraks westbound Coast Starlight train #11 passes through the "Chatsworth Rocks" in Chatsworth, CA
Service stop at Raton for Amtrak's Southwest Chief
running a little late Amtrak westbound Chicago to Los Angeles train #3, the Southwest Chief was descending Cajon Pass at Devore, CA led by a trio of fairly new SDP40F's, the first of a number of A... (more)
Busy time at Chicago on a late afternoon
I think this was the EB Southwest Limited.
