Day One for the 301: The westbound Empire Builder ascends Stevens Pass en route to Seattle on a cold and wet Spring morning. Pulling the train are two of Amtrak's newest: Siemens Mobility b... (more)

A 2 hour late 785 departs Oceanside with a reversed consist, and a P42 for power on the west end of the train.

A Phase IV Sort of Day: Amtrak 184, a P42DC type built in 2001, wears the company's Phase IV paint scheme as part of the railroad's 40th Anniversary celebrations in 2011. Over 10 years late... (more)

This morning's California Zephyr had a number of unique additions, including an F40 and three private cars on the back of the train. The cars include Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway B... (more)

Amtrak 774 passes some NS power at Commerce.

AMTK 301 has the honors for the first time as it leads the trip to the west coast on a balmy March morning. The Empire Builder had to wait for CP to get a derailment in Wisconsin cleaned up ye... (more)

Amtrak 573 arrives in Fullerton with a P42 and a Cabbage on the head end.

The Winter Park Express Ski Train is led by Amtrak heritage engine 130 as it passed under the RTD Commuter rail line and over the South Platte River.

For its 40th Anniversary, Amtrak put together a display train to tour the system. This train consisted of NPCU 406 (former F40PHR 406), Dash 8-40BP 822 (one of the carrier’s engines painted in ... (more)

Amtrak's southbound Crescent 19 passes through Cook Springs, AL., bound for New Orleans, LA., with Amtrak #160 leading the way wearing it's heritage "Pepsi can" paint scheme which Amtrak... (more)

Has it been 34 years? I like these as opposed to "blobs, brick's and worms" which seem to be our passenger equipment future.

Apparently the "Silver Star" came to grief at some point and the damaged units have been set out for transport to the shops for repair. From my collection. Photo by Jim Phipps.

Looking rather worse for wear this unit awaits assignment. Photo by Ryan Ballard, from my collection.

Amtrak Downeaster train 692 blasts through the wilderness north of Arundel, Maine, passing an intermediate searchlight signal. Leading the way is AMTK 406. With this as their leader, the signal ma... (more)

A 16.5 hour late Amtrak 11 arrives in LA as they pass the site of SP's former hump yard at Taylor.