AMTK 46 catches the last rays of sunlight as its beaten cowl represents many of its sisters out roaming Amtrak system this spring day. Scratches and dents, rust and primer-painted snow plows are j... (more)

A morning Amtrak train departs Union Station in Chicago.

After a powerful thunderstorm rolls through the area and the sun comes out from behind the dark clouds, Amtrak's southbound Adirondack crosses over the Mohawk River Bridge en route to New York Pen... (more)

The end of January was looking more like the end of March with no snow on the ground, and not a cloud in the sky as this P449 flies down the straightaway into the setting sun

It's a gorgeous morning in Colorado's High Country as Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr rounds the curve before entering Tunnel 19 near Crescent, Colorado on September 20, 2015.

Way off the beaten path in the vicinity of Valmora, New Mexico, the westbound Southwest Chief, the lifeline of a number of small communities along its historic route, squeezes through a rock cut n... (more)

Amtrak's Southwest Chief winds through the confines of Apache Canyon on its way to its next stop of Lamy, New Mexico.

Amtrak train No. 3, the Southwest Chief, raises its own snowstorm flying through Robinson, New Mexico, on a cold January 28, 2000.

Amtrak train 55, the southward Vermonter, is seen on the newly upgraded Pan Am Connecticut River Line, currently part of the planned Knowledge Corridor. Until December 29 the train ran via Palmer... (more)

Dedicated to Gorj "Corgi" Williamson, devoted member of the Railpics Critiques group on Facebook.

The Empire Builder's Portland section power takes a side track near the station while the Seattle section joins the two section to create a proper train.

Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief zips by a clear signal on the mainline at the east end of Chapelle siding under a crystal clear New Mexico sky. After this train's passage these classic s... (more)

Amtrak train #3 heads west with a thunderstorm and partial rainbow in the background, just a mere minute before the sun is blocked out by clouds for the rest of the day at Bluewater,NM on 9/12/12.... (more)

Big West Texas Fork in the Road --- Sierra Blanca, where the TandP originally gained trackage rights on to El Paso over the SP. Westbound Amtrak Trn. 1 Sunset Limited with GE units 46 and 842 zip... (more)