New York Central Hickory Creek on the rear of Empire Service train #233.

New York Central observation car, Hickory Creek, brings up the rear of Amtrak's Empire Service train #233.

In May 1982, New York Central tavern-lounge-observation car No. 48 trails an Amtrak train into Chicago Union Station scissoring past Amtrak SW1 No. 736 and F40PH No. 249 leading another passenger ... (more)

Backing up on the Mardi Gras
After making a “run by” for guests, a special passenger train operating on the San Luis Central backs up to load passengers at County Road 4 just south o... (more)

The Parlor-observation car on Train 98, the Coast Daylight. A Roger Puta Photograph

The northbound "City of Miami" during its station stop at Centralia

The eastbound Canadian slows to enter a siding near the summit of Kicking Horse Pass, just west of Lake Louise, AB, where it will run around a freight holding the main, but have to wait for anothe... (more)

On September 21, 2001, the American Orient Express luxury cruise train heads westbound through the Flatiron rock formations into Tunnel 3 and the heart of the “Tunnel District” on Union Pacifi... (more)

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 June 3, 2016, High Iron Travel's Front Range Explorer special traveled north from Denver, Colorado along BNSF's Front Range Subdivision to Cheyenne, Wyoming to its next stop of Gillette,... (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.

A Union Pacific Directors' Special glides along Puget Sound on a partly cloudy spring morning at Steilacoom, WA. UP has trackage rights here on BN's former NP mainline between Tacoma and Portland.... (more)

Not one, but two private cars bringing up the rear. The southbound Adirondack has just left Montreal's Central station, and is crossing over the Lachine canal with two private cars: Ohio... (more)

While not necessarily comparable to today's special vista dome Amtrak cars with the seamless curved glass windows, this 1948 dome feature was billed as "The Most Thrilling Innovation in Trave... (more)