Crescent #20 passing by what was the Schoolfield Mill and now what will be the Caesars Casino.

It's only a few more miles to go for the Crescent's trip up from New Orleans as it rolls through Metuchen with the setting sun in the background late on this February afternoon.

On this cold January day we would watch Amtrak 20 depart from the old Southern passenger station and cross the Dan River here in Danville Va. Note in the background the trestle which led to the ol... (more)

Amtrak 20 pulls from Salisbury Station, with two heritage locomotives up front, and comes to a stop only moments after to hold for NS 15R and Amtrak 73. On the rear of the train you can see two pr... (more)

Running perfectly on-time, Amtrak train 20, the northbound Crescent, rolls through the crossover at Elm in Greensboro, NC just before sunrise on a chilly December 21, 2022. In the background on th... (more)

A pair of 21 year-old P42DCs lead northbound Amtrak train 20 - the Crescent - through downtown High Point, NC at dawn on Tuesday, December 20, 2022. Having just stopped at the depot in High Point,... (more)

Resurrected Hippo: Years after being retired from Amtrak service, ex-HHP-8 electric locomotive #661 was converted to a cab car for use on Ethan Allen Express service. Here, it is seen behin... (more)

161 leads a late running Train #20, The Crescent, north near Pelham NC. 161 is painted in the Phase 1 50th anniversary paint scheme.

Amtrak 130, which wears a Phase ll heritage scheme, hauls the northbound Crescent towards a station stop in Danville, VA.

Amtrak Genesis locomotives #2 and #3 leading the northbound Crescent at Gilbert Station.

Amtrak's northbound Crescent #20 passes through Riverside, AL., on a beautiful April evening

The northbound Crescent sports 3 P42s on it's northbound run over the piedmont mainline crossing the Roanoke River at Altavista as well as the former Virginian mainline.

Amtrak 50th Anniversary "Dash 8 Phase III" P42 locomotive leading Crescent train 20 across the diamond.

Amtrak 50th Anniversary "Dash 8 Phase III" P42 locomotive leading Crescent train 20 across the diamond.

A late daylight running Amtrak Crescent number 20 ducks under what is one of the last reaming Southern Railway intermediate bridges left on the Coastal Division. It's just made it's station stop a... (more)