Quickly getting back up to speed, Amtrak #19 continues the journey west from Atlanta, GA with two GE P42DC locomotives on the point after meeting Norfolk Southern train 186. The daily southbound ... (more)

On a nice November afternoon Amtrak 19 heads out of Tuscaloosa heading for New Orleans.

Amtrak 19 rounds the kudzu laiden curve with my personal favorite of their heritage fleet leading the way, Amtrak Phase 1 #156

On a hazy, humid Alabama summer afternoon, a quartet of Amtrak's big SDPs slides to a stop in Montgomery with the southbound Floridian. A pair of SDPs was typical, with an occasional trio showing... (more)

For the second day in a row, Amtrak 19 had one it's heritage units leading the westbound "Crescent". This is my personal favorite of the Amtrak heritage units so I was excited to be able... (more)

A gloomy afternoon at the Tuscaloosa Amtrak station fits the dampened spirits of the Alabama Crimson Tide faithful less than 24 hours after a close loss to Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl. Many passe... (more)

In the rag-tag early days of Amtrak, an ex-B&O E8A and SCL E7A team to take the sb Floridian toward Dothan, Waycross and Florida points. They are about to pass below the u/c I85 bridge over the A... (more)

Amtrak 19, led by Phase III heritage units 145 & 822, reduces to 30 mph while running on an APPROACH signal behind train 23E.

Amtrak's Crescent rolls through a portion of the Talladega National Forest on its trip along the former Southern Railway mainline between Atlanta and Birmingham.

In 1974, the southbound Floridian was due in Montgomery around supper time, but was often hours late. On this sunny September evening it's late again, but at least it beats the sunset.

The Floridian was still a pretty big train in late 1973, as shown here in October of that year, with three Es and a train that stretches well past the far end of Montgomery's train shed waiting to... (more)

The Crescent highballs through Heflin on 'Black Friday.'

Just a few hundred feet past its Tuscaloosa station stop, the New Orleans-bound Crescent bangs across the former GM&O, now just a stump that ends on the city's south side.

Amtrak F40PHR's 256 and 257 lead New Orleans bound train #19 away from the passenger station to the double track at 13th Street Tower