New York Central tavern-lounge-observation car No. 48 trails an Amtrak train into Chicago Union Station in May 1983. This car was frequently seen on Amtrak trains in and out of Chicago during this... (more)

The End of Steam 2

Amtrak train 92, the northbound Silver Star, pulls away from the its station stop in Trenton, New Jersey. When the train arrives at Penn Station, New York... (more)

On the morning of the Bicentennial of the United States of America, the Rio Grande Zephyr heads east into Spanish Fork Canyon during its journey from Salt Lake City to Denver.

"NYC Babbling Brook at NYP" Private Varnish "Babbling Brook" sits on Track 8 in New York Pennsylvania Station after just completing a 959 mile journey from Chicago on the rear of Amtrak's L... (more)

Amtrak's Empire Builder gets special car "City of Spokane" for its rear on a nice day in May 1994. The eastbound train is just leaving Seattle for Spokane and points east.

The City of Grenada passenger excursion train sits staged in Batesville, Mississippi on a cool January night. This was likely a common scene back in the 1950's and 1960's for this community!

Train in storage. The late Roger Puta's slide was scanned and posted by Marty Bernard.

Bringing up the markers on tonight's westbound "Twentieth Century Limited" is the Budd-built stainless steel 5 Bedroom observation lounge "Wingate Brook" subbing for one of the... (more)

Bringing up the rear of the Crescent is the beautifully restored observation car Hickory Creek, a 1948 product of Pullman Standard delivered for use on the New York Central's famed 20th Cen... (more)

The stainless steel flanks of Budd passenger cars mark the passage of the Rio Grande Zephyr near Springville on a stormy August evening in 1974.

With the 'Wilson McCarthy' business car on the rear, the Rio Grande Zephyr departs Provo station for Helper, Price, Green River, and points east. July 13, 1976

The silver streamlined beauty of the Rio Grande Zephyr slows to a stop at the Provo passenger station the morning of Aug. 8, 1976. Oh to board a luxury cruise train such as this once again. Where ... (more)

Punctuated by dome-observation Silver Sky, the Rio Grande Zephyr pauses in Denver Union Station after arriving from Grand Junction. Soon the consist will be taken away for servicing. Tomorrow, the... (more)

With former NYC 61 on the rear, a parlor/lounge/observation, The Texas Limited leaves Virginia Point, Texas, headed across the causeway to destination Galveston.

Rio Grande business car “Kansas” is on the rear of the Ski Train at Union Station at Denver, Colorado, on February 23, 1986.