Downeaster 696 prepares to head south out of Portland on a sunny but freezing winter day.

Today began the start of Daylight Savings Time which fortunately gives us an extra hour of daylight. In the late afternoon sun around 5:30 PM, AMTK NPCU No. 406 leads the eastbound Ski Train "... (more)

On Fraser’s tubing hill, some parents have just launched a big group of kids down the hill overlooking Fraser, Colorado, while Amtrak’s Winter Park Express ski train departs town in the background... (more)

The skiers are just finishing up a day on the slopes as Amtrak’s new Winter Park Express ski train departs Fraser, Colorado, at 4:00 p.m. on January 7, 2017. The train takes skiers from Denver to ... (more)

Amtrak EMD NPCU No. 406 is wrapped for Amtrak’s new Winter Park Express passenger service to the ski resort and is used on the east end of the 8-car train. No. 406 sits in the siding at Fraser wai... (more)

On the night before the Amtrak Ski Train leaves for Winter Park, CO on its inaugural run for 2017, Amtrak NPCU 406 wears a special wrap scheme at Denver Union Station.

Train #513 approaching Edmonds with the Seahawks unit on the lead.

Amtrak Cascades train No. 504 races North through Vader, WA passing an apple tree on a gorgeous Fall afternoon.

Cascade train 501 runs around Willbridge Yard.

Amtrak 501 rolls into Portland Union Station with the new Seahawks Cab Car. Are you ready for some football?

An evening San Joaquin skirts along the San Pablo Bay at sunset.

South bound Amtrak Cascade train enters Portland Union Station.

Illuminated by the morning sun Amtrak's eastbound Pacific Surfliner, train #774, hustles across the Gaviota Trestle on it's way towards Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, and eventually San Dieg... (more)

A clean Talgo set runs the 501 into Portland. An assortment of cars and a fake-bonnet BNSF locomotive can be seen behind the train at Willbridge yard.

On its second day of service wearing its new Veterans paint scheme, Amtrak Non-Powered Control Unit 90208 brings up the markers on Pacific Surfliner #774 as it nears the end of its run from... (more)