Amtrak's Train Days display included a very nice walk-thru of the cars.

The First...and Last Time. Skirting the Pacific Ocean on a warm, summer day is AMTK 161 - wearing the newly applied 50th Anniversary Phase I paint scheme - as it leads Amtrak Train No. 14, ... (more)

Amtrak crew qualification trains continue on the soon-to-return bypass route this weekend. This train consists of an 8 car Coast Starlight set, powered by three GE P42DC locomotives. Two of which ... (more)

One of Amtrak's new 50th anniversary Heritage Units no. #161 sits in Amtrak's Holgate Street Yard after bringing the northbound Coast Starlight out of LA the night before.

Rudolph Takes Flight At Gaviota. Crossing the 121-year-old trestle at Gaviota, Calif., AMTK 161 leads the northbound Coast Starlight across the 811-foot long span on a hot, June afternoon. ... (more)

It Was Meant To Be. AMTK 161, a P42DC built in May 2001, makes its very first trip up the ex-Southern Pacific coast line since adorning the newest Phase I Anniversary Paint scheme applied t... (more)

In the late afternoon on June 27, 2021, AMTK 161, one of the new 50th Anniversary painted units leads the northbound Coast Starlight 14 over Cuesta Pass.

'Zephyr Fire and Ice' The temperatures are below freezing as the California Zephyr passes a frozen Barr Lake while a fiery sunrise develops over the horizon.

On its inaugural run in the lead, Amtrak's new Phase I heritage unit departs the Dells with the Westbound Builder.

AMTK 161 "50th Anniversary" engine is on display with three Amtrak passenger cars for train days at the St. Paul Union Depot.

Amtrak returned to "Train Days" for the first time in several years displaying newly released heritage locomotive 161 along with a few passenger cars. AMTK 161 is the second of Amtrak... (more)

An Amtrak Heritage engine and three extra cars bring up the rear of the WB Empire Builder as it passes through the south side of Milwaukee. The extra equipment is enroute to a display at St. Paul... (more)

That is a strange caboose! Amtrak Heritage unit #161 trails Amtrak #7, the Empire Builder, thru Franksville, WI on June 2, 2021. The unit is heading to the Twin Cities for some weekend festivities... (more)

AMTK 161, now in Phase I colors, makes its inaugural run north past Morton Grove, IL on the rear of Empire Builder #7. The locomotive is headed to St. Paul, MN to be put on display for Union Depot... (more)

P42 161 is being used on switching duty.