4 PM IV: AMTK 164, the freshly painted phase IV heritage unit, heads west, leading the capital limited through Gaithersburg, MD having just left its station stop in Rockville, MD.

Amtrak ALC-42 326 trails on the Capitol Limited, as it emerges from some thunderstorms.

Amtrak's Phase IV and Phase III paint schemes fly by en route to Chicago, IL. This is 164's 2nd time leading the Capitol Extremely Limited.

The Heartland Flyer departs Oklahoma City

Amtrak Train 490 to Springfield crossing the Farmington River Rail Bridge in Windsor. Have visited this spot many times and the first time to get someone fishing from the boat launch.

Amtrak's Lakeshore Limited arrives in Waterloo, Indiana with two 40th Anniversary Units. Amtrak 145, in Phase III leads Amtrak 130 in Phase II.

Amtrak 80 heads down the NC Line with a New York-bound train.

Running over 17 hours late, Amtrak's westbound Sunset Limited nears Cabazon just after 5pm.

The Silver Star flies into Seville on a lovely day

The Carolinian hustles through Clayton with the 50th Anniversary P42 for power.

Amtrak Silver Star 92 rounds the connecting track at Selma.

The first run of the Southwest Chief from Chicago after a brief cancellation due to a BNSF derailment in Williams, AZ wastes no time leaving Las Vegas, NM behind. Note the Santa Fe inscriptions st... (more)

Amtrak 89 heads down the South End Sub on a hot afternoon.

On my first visit to northern California, in late April 1971, I rode Southern Pacific train 99, the Coast Daylight, to San Francisco, got bussed across the Bay to Oakland, and rode SP train... (more)

A Blast to the Past - The 'Pepsi Can' heritage paint, which pays tribute to the early paint schemes found on Amtrak's fleet of Dash-8 locomotives, lives on shielding a P42 locomotive as Amt... (more)