IDTX 4610 leads the westbound Illinois Zephyr through Downers Grove.

AMTK 4629 Westbound at speed through Porter Indiana

Amtrak Illinois Zephyr from Chicago to Quincy loads passengers at La Grange Road station.

AMTK 4625 Westbound through Ogden Dunes Indiana near the US Steel Factory

Siemens Charge IDTX 4628 leads a second charger, a P42DC and two baggage cars through the snow and around the curve of Coal Creek Canyon.

Approaching the Fullerton station is Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 1566 (weekend/holiday service from Los Angeles to San Diego) on New Year's Day 2020. CDTX SC-44 2109, one of two in Surflin... (more)

In the last catch before the Zephyr left the Front Range, we see the two Chargers and a Genesis climb the steep grade in falling snow towards Tunnel #1 on the Moffat Line.

Before climbing the steep grade to the Moffat Line Tunnel #1, the new Siemens Chargers lead the California Zephyr in the snow through the tight horseshoe turn at the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon. ... (more)

Running the new Siemens SC-44 Chargers on the point of the California Zephyr through the Colorado Rocky Mountains provided a good test for high altitude running in sub-freezing temperatures and sn... (more)

In light snow and sub-freezing conditions a ground person updates the crew of Charger 4628 as it sits in the Denver Union Station while passengers load. These Chargers are impressive, with a slig... (more)

It is lightly snowing as two Siemens SC-44 Chargers, on point for the morning California Zephyr, sit on Track 2 at Denver's Union Station. On Track 1 sits Amtrak's Colorado Ski Train. This is the... (more)

The Chicago bound Amtrak Wolverine moves swiftly through Ogden Dunes Indiana.

A pair of IDTX Chargers lead the westbound California Zephyr through Brookfield. This is the first time a Charger has led a live long distance Amtrak train. This is preparation for when Amtrak's o... (more)

As Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 564 passes through CP Maple in the city of Orange, California, Metrolink commuter train 683 departs the commuter station there. CDTX SC-44 2114 is leading the s... (more)

BNSF Cut The Weeds Down! Departing the Fullerton Transportation Center is Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 768, just over halfway between its origination point of Goleta and its de... (more)