Four motors on 53

Amtrak 53 running a little early with aging P40's in the lead. Time is likely running out on the GE's as elsewhere on the system as Chargers have been testing on this train recently.

Hartford Line in New Haven. CTrail P40DC locomotive no. 6705 is seen leading Hartford Line train 6455 into New Haven State Street Station, its penultimate stop on the run to New ... (more)

The southbound Auto Train heads through Doswell in the late evening, passing the Buckingham Branch yard.

With a pair of GE P40's on the point, Amtrak's Auto Train heads north with a long train of Superliners and autoracks in tow. The train is crossing over the James River outside of Richmond, Virgini... (more)

Amtrak's Auto Train is about an hour away from it's Sanford terminal.

World famous "Auto Train" is about an hour away from it's terminal seen in Seville Florida

In the 90s, Amtrak actually serviced a purpose. They ran trains and hauled some mail. Here, the Southwest Chief roars east at Stronghurst on the Chili Sub with a decent size train. Scanned Slide f... (more)

Auto Train on time today. For now the GE's that power 52/53 are safe from the Charger takeover as the Chargers do not have 'it" to haul this much train.

Amtrak 53 takes the siding with 91 expected to overtake which did not happen, 53 continued south ahead of 91.

The Auto Train hustles north through Kenly, several hours behind schedule.

Two classes of General Electric passenger power head the Southwest Chief and the Sunset Limited at Los Angeles Union Terminal on December 28, 1994.

A very late Auto Train passes through Benson in the early morning with a venerable P40DC pair for power.

The Auto Train crosses the bridge over the Rappahannock River on a cool morning in northern Virginia. The aging P40s on the point are near the end of the trip at Lorton.

P125 heads out of RO with a single aging P40DC leading. The US Capitol building can be seen on the right thanks to some recent brush cutting at this location.