Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief passes the lone semaphore at MP 847 making its way towards Albuquerque

Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief, train #4, performs its station work at Needles, CA as the LA prepares for their last leg of their trip to Kingman, AZ for the crew change.

A late Amtrak Southwest Chief takes the siding at Blanchard, NM to meet it's eastbound counterpart

Amtrak's Southwest Chief #3 passes the intermediate semaphores north of Wagon Mound. With the removal of the set at 706, these are now the final intermediate semaphore signals within the northern ... (more)

Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, got stuck behind a lot of traffic congestion caused by a BNSF freight (rumored to be the H-BARLAC) fouling all three mainlines somewhere betwe... (more)

The outbound Coast Starlight heads to Union Station via a deadhead move along the LA River.

Amtrak’s California Zephyr has just finished passing through 100-foot Tunnel 38 just east of Azure, Colorado, as it follows the Colorado River westbound through Gore Canyon on September 15, 2021... (more)

Amtrak train number 6, the eastbound "California Zephyer" hugs the coastline as it passes under the San Francisco Bay Trail in Pinole, CA.

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr curves through 100-foot Tunnel 38 just east of Azure, Colorado, as it follows the Colorado River through craggy Gore Canyon on September 15, 2021.

Bridging the Potomac. The Capitol Limited exits the Harpers Ferry tunnel and crosses the Potomac on its way to pick up a small group of passengers, including two persons that have biked th... (more)

Amtrak 50, the eastbound "Cardinal," approaches the interlocking at Mt. Carbon, the beginning of a brief stretch of single track on the former Chesapeake & Ohio Newport News-Cincinnati m... (more)

An Amtrak extra headed to Chicago. This train set was running the schedule of Amtrak 7/27. However, reports of an avalanche on Marias Pass terminated the train in Shelby MT. Instead of stagi... (more)

This photo is of the final California Zephyr to pull into Denver's Union Station...at least for a while. It was announced that Amtrak is suspending the Zephyr service due to a crew member contrac... (more)

The Plains of New Mexico - In addition to the many fantastic topographical features that New Mexico has to offer, there is also a lot of flat ground and rolling hills between Wagon Mound an... (more)

Valle de Oro

Translation: Golden Valley, Valley of Gold. This sunset shot of Amtrak 3 heading for points west is a grab shot, I was actually at Valle de Oro Wildlife Refuge to... (more)