After Amtrak train 313, the westbound Missouri River Runner, arrives in Kansas City in the evening, the train heads further west to Santa Fe Junction to be turned on the wye there. Just be... (more)

Passing In Poughkeepsie. On the evening of Monday, February 12, 2024, MTA Metro-North Railroad Train 837 arrived at the Poughkeepsie, New York Station with MNCW 211 (New York Central/40th A... (more)

Winter Wonderland. Metro-North Railroad (MNR) F40PH-3C no. 4910 is seen leading NJ Transit Morristown Line train 851 as it makes its stop on the middle track at Mountain Station.

Dead locomotives waits out their last days in Chicago Heights with their fate already sealed by the cutting torch.

Light Snow is falling at the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel as the Amtrak Winter Park Express Ski Train climbs the grade through Tolland, Colorado.

Amtrak engine #78 (P42DC) leads the Winter Park Express Ski Train through Rainbow Cut at Plainview, Colorado.

Racing south along with rush hour traffic a nicely matched set of Amfleet "airliners on wheels" is keeping up and perhaps gaining a little. Hey, I used to own one of those Nissan 510s!

Phase VII Phase In: At long last, the "blue wave" era has begun to draw to a close with the appearance of P42DC 174. Recently refurbished at Beech Grove, this classic Genesis was repainted ... (more)

The second Piedmont of the day deadheads into Raleigh station as they cross the Raleigh & Fayetteville NS Line at Boylan.

F40PH-3s 6443, 6427, and 6407 head west on the Wainwright Sub with VIA 1.

Power Move with Cars Amtrak 30 rolls out of Cumberland with more engines than cars. Up front is a regular P42, then a seldom-seen Dash 8, and then 4 brand new ALC-42 Chargers being deliver... (more)

Metra 104, the Chicago unit, leads a outbound train into Bensenville, passing Tower B17.

Just after sunrise, the northbound Coast Starlight rolls through the Devil's Garden. This area is a lava flow created by eruptions of nearby Mount Shasta.

As Amtrak train 56, the Washington DC to Saint Albans, Vermont Vermonter, pauses for its electric locomotive (and one coach) to be removed (AMTK ACS-63 626, on the right) and swapped for a ... (more)

The Amtrak Pennsylvanian heads west through Cresson while one of the railfans (a common species in this area) looks at whatever it was that kicked up all that dust.