Putting on a dog and pony show for Oregon DOT, a Cascades Talgo heads for Medford on CORP. It was quite incongruous to see the "high speed" train rolling along at 25 MPH on the Siskiyou ... (more)

The California Zephyr passes by the newly constructed flyover for RTD's commuter rail line that will carry passengers to areas north of Denver. This line runs right past the Denver Yard and the B... (more)

I Went Down to the River...

As Metrolink 860 makes its way from Oceanside to San Bernardino it crosses the Santa Ana River as it passes from Orange to Anaheim on May 28, 2017. Cab c... (more)

Westbound Amtrak San Joaquin train 719 races north between Sandrini and Allensworth with 2 Chargers being tested making for a nice train with the single levels also.

The delivery of two Cascade Chargers caused for Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight to run with six units yesterday. Since the new Cascades units came off the Southwest Chief a few days ago, it ca... (more)

Spring is coming and the trees are leafing out in the Hudson Valley as Amtrak train 48, the eastbound Lake Shore Limited, glides through Cruegers, NY, behind an F40PH/FL9 pair. The F40 will come o... (more)

New Haven painted P32AC-DM 231 northbound through Scarborough.

AMTK 81 leads the California Zephyr out of Denver Union Station and towards the Rocky Mountains. There has been a lot of talk about how a possible reduction in Amtrak funding would impact the Zep... (more)

Empire Service train 256 heads through Ossining with P32AC-DM 709 leading.

A surprising consist. VIA 669 heads west through Pointe-Claire with VIA 908 (wrapped for Canada's 150th anniversary), followed by 4 LRC cars and 3 Renaissance cars. VIA's Renaissance cars d... (more)

Here we see Amtrak's Southwest Chief representing Phases III, IV, and V moments prior to knocking down a semaphore signal as it makes its way through Cerrillos, NM.

With Steven Brown at the throttle, a late Empire Builder meets the late afternoon sun as it advances in Lake Yard.

Amtrak #5 threads thru Tunnel 29 in the Colorado Rockies. A close look will reveal a few patches of snow from a storm that dropped 20+ inches of snow on this spot, less than a week before....

Dodging shadows on its way into Jack London Square, a morning Amtrak California service makes its ferry move to the Oakland station for boarding.

Leaving Montreal, New York City-bound. The Adirondack is leaving the city of Montreal behind after making its first stop at St-Lambert Station. At the end of the day the train will f... (more)