Colorado-Bound

Four-day-old Siemens SC-44 diesel-electric passenger locomotives WDTX 1402 and 1403 were found in Amtrak’s Redondo Junction engine facility in downtown Los Angeles o... (more)

It Had that “New Locomotive” Smell!

Just four days out of the factory, and not yet in service, Washington State Department of Transportation 1402, a Siemens SC-44 diesel-electric... (more)

So Clean You Could Eat Off the Floor – But We Opted Not To

Washington State Department of Transportation 1402, a Siemens SC-44 diesel-electric passenger locomotive, rolled out of t... (more)

With traffic on Union Pacific gridlocked, Talgo shipped its carbodies to Seattle by truck for final assembly. Three of the cars are seen at a truck stop on US 97.

Amtrak 7 leaves downtown Chicago, Illinois with AMTK 469 in the lead.

Train 505, a weekend scheduled Portland to Eugene conveyance, cruises past a field between Jefferson and Millersburg, Oregon at about ten in the morning with the under-acclaimed "Mater" ... (more)

The Empire Builder arrives into St. Cloud for a crew change nine hours late with a surprise (to me) leader. With a quick crew change here in St. Cloud, the train gained an hour by arriving... (more)

Many fans knew about this, but it was pure luck for me as Amtrak Cascades unit #469 leads the Empire Builder thru Franksville, WI on March 11 of 2017

Moments after departing Chicago Union Station, the outbound Empire Builder passes under the Pennsy signals at CP Morgan. Today, an Amtrak Cascades F59PHI is in charge. A nice change of pace from t... (more)

After a two hour wait, i was able to witness the future of passenger locomotives on a test train between Portland and Seattle. Built in 2016, the "Charger"locomotive was very quiet and pretty slee... (more)

I believe this is the first Charger (Siemens SC44) to operate on a train on the West Coast. Here the 4611 destined for service with IDOT, pulls a test train with AMTK 467 on the tail end. It wi... (more)

In June 1999, Oregon DOT sent a Cascades Talgo set to Medford as a promotion for thruway bus service. Aside from a rare mileage excursion in 1996, it was the first public passenger train on the Si... (more)

Cascades 507 rolls into PDX with a very pink Mt. Hood in the back drop.

Cascade train 501 runs around Willbridge Yard.

An Amtrak Cascades talgo rolls smoothly past OMSI and the Oregon Rail Heritage Center as it heads for Eugene.