Amtrak's Phase I Anniversary "Bloody Nose" Heritage Unit leads the Capitol Limited eastbound through Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Interesting Up Front … And on the Rear!

Accelerating out of Fullerton as it heads to Los Angeles from Chicago, is Amtrak 3, the westbound Southwest Chief. This s... (more)

Amtrak 161, the Phase I heritage unit, leads the Southwest Chief West past the Main Street depot in Downers Grove.

Game on! While a soccer game takes place on a sunny Saturday afternoon at Spring Rock Soccer Fields, Amtrak’s eastbound Southwest Chief #4 from Los Angeles to Chicago can be seen in the b... (more)

Just thirteen days ago, in Fort Worth TX, I encountered Amtrak's 50th Anniversary "Phase I" locomotive, P42DC 161, on train 22, the eastbound Texas Eagle. Somehow, I missed knowi... (more)

Amtrak 161 leads the Southwest Chief West through Westmont.

Lot of activity going on in this one! A Metra commuter train sits outside the Aurora Transportation Center and Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora, IL, waiting for its call to duty. Up above is BNSF... (more)

The "Bloody Nose" heritage unit, Amtrak 161 shoots through heavy rain on the point of the Capitol "Extremely" Limited to Chicago, IL.

Amtrak Heritage 50th Anniversary leading the Silver Star into Palatka.

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)

The California Zephyr runs through the North Yard in Denver, Colorado.

Celeberty 161 lead the Siver Star this morning arriving in Palatka about an hour late partially due to PTC issues.

Running nearly 10 hours late the eastbound California Zephyr makes a rare daylight appearance on 'home rails' in northeastern Nevada. Having just departed the paired track mainlines at Alazon the ... (more)

AMTK heritage engine #161 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr past the Union Pacific's North Yard in Denver, Colorado.

The California Zephyr 6 train is 14 hours late getting to Denver, which meant being able to catch in daylight running through the Union Pacific's North Yard. Usually, the CZ6 would get to Denver ... (more)