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While hanging around Martinez, where my railfanning obsession began with my older brother watching Southern Pacific Dayli... (more)

Amtrak San Joaquin 712 head south out of Modesto on its way from Oakland to Bakersfield. This train has Amtrak Non-Powered Control Unit 90278 up front (NPCUs were rebuilt into unpowered ca... (more)

A B32-8WH leads the westbound Borealis out of Lake City. It has been many years since one of these locomotives last led a train near the Twin Cities. Amtrak's B32-8WHs are typically assigned to ya... (more)

Danbury Gets An AEM-7. Not long after midnight on June 7, 2024, former Amtrak AEM-7 917 arrived at The Danbury Railway Museum on Genesee & Wyoming Inc.'s Providence & Worcester Railroad Tra... (more)

Danbury Gets An AEM-7. Not long after midnight on June 7, 2024, former Amtrak AEM-7 917 arrived at The Danbury Railway Museum on Genesee & Wyoming Inc.'s Providence & Worcester Railroad Tra... (more)

"Amtrak Diesels Over the Conn River"

On April 22nd, 2024, Amtrak Extra 98, consisting of a variety of Amtrak diesel locomotives, crosses the Connecticut River on the Warehou... (more)

Led by an ALC-42 and a P42DC, Amtrak's Silver Meteor train 98 makes its station stop in Winter Haven, Florida as it heads towards Miami. The station here was originally built in 1925 by the Seaboa... (more)

A golden sunrise catches the California Zephyr running past a silo in Roggen, Colorado as it heads to Denver on the Brush Sub.

With Just A little Paint. AMTK 909 (AEM-7, EMD/ASEA, 10/1980) was not one of the "toasters" selected for upgrade to AC electronics, but was repainted, and looks fairly respectable... (more)

After departing Los Angeles, Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, arrived at its first stop, Fullerton, 20 minutes behind schedule. But this allowed the setting sun, which had be... (more)

P32AC-DMs 700 and 711 lead Amtrak's Adirondack at Chelsea.

11.11.88 Orange, VA 3:40 PM. AMT 333 F40PH. On the point westbound #51 Cardinal entering the former C&O Piedmont Subdivision tracks on its way to Charlottesville.. The yard tracks in the foregrou... (more)

Following a multi-year restoration, F40PHR #231 returns to Amtrak's Phase III livery at Nevada State Railroad Museum. Additional info and progress photos at http://www.dynarail.org

Amtrak train 36, the eastbound Desert Wind (Los Angeles CA to Ogden UT) cuts through the haze as it passes the old Santa Fe station sign for Casa Blanca (White House), a neighborhood in Riv... (more)

Evolution Of The Streamliner | Amtrak 406 - a non-powered control unit which used to be an F40PH - sits on display on the turntable at the NC Transportation Museum in Spencer after dark on ... (more)