Now wearing Amtrak's "Honoring our Veterans" scheme, NPCU 90221 gets some additional maintenance work done at the Beech Grove locomotive shops.

Siemens shows off the new Charger locomotive in Amtrak's 30th Street Station in Philadelphia.

"America's Railroad Salutes Our Veterans" NPCU

Located 36 miles southwest of La Junta, Colorado along US-HWY 350 and BNSF's Raton Subdivision is the last remaining active Wig-Wag crossing on any Class I railroad. Seen here, running on time, AM... (more)

The Aurora Borealis! For years I've waited to see it, spending hours on "Aurora tracking" websites in hopes of there being an Aurora storm at the right time and with clear skies. Finally, o... (more)

As the sun sets on a unseasonably warm February evening, Amtrak #11 glides over the Arroyo Hondo trestle as it journeys down the coast toward Santa Barbara.

Soldiering on - Amtrak AEM-7 #917 roars westbound (south) through Edison ducking the position lights just ahead of the NJT station. The plume of snow in its wake is remnants of the season's first... (more)

I had grand plans this afternoon to catch the eastbound California Zephyr as it rounded the curve at Crescent amid snow-laden pines with a glorious sunset over the continental divide in the backgr... (more)

The Southwest Chief has just completed its journey through the frostbitten Raton Pass and is now moments away from its stop in Raton, New Mexico.

Larry's Truck and Electric Service is full of historical railroad equipment. It is amazing to walk around through the scrapyard and just the sheer amount of old locomotives overwhelms you and leav... (more)

A northbound Hoosier State collides with a trailer containing powdered cement. Only minor injuries occurred and the passengers were bused to Chicago.

The office on many a work train.

The calendar says spring, but the weather says winter at Crescent, Colorado, on April 23, 1999. Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, climbs the Front Range of the Rockies through a snowy wonderlan... (more)

The sun is setting rapidly, like a metaphor for the locomotive leading this train. Almost half of the trains I saw this day had ACS-64s; the replacement for the AEM-7 and HHP. As my dad says, &q... (more)