As I was watching the eastbound Southwest Chief pull out of Albuquerque's downtown station, I thought, "Wow, the sound sure echos off the buildings here. It sounds like there's a train behind... (more)
As a BNSF Railway freight heads west, Amtrak train #4, the "Southwest Chief," rolls to its first stop on its Los Angeles to Chicago journey. Pulling the train on June 12th, 2015, at Ful... (more)
The Lakeshore Limited flies through Westfield on track 2, they are running 2.5 hours as they pass by me. Having the reputation of being late running has earned them the nickname the "Latesho... (more)
A decent amount of change has come to the Lake Shore Limited in the two years that have elapsed since I had last photographed this train here: Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: GE P42DCLocation: East Syracuse, New York, USALocomotive #: AMTK 18Train ID: 48Photo Date: October, 1998
PV Special. The WB Lake Shore Limited has been combined (449 from Boston is the first 5 cars and 49 from NYP is the rest of the train) and is just waiting for its departure time to leave. In the b... (more)
On June 28, 1998, Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr is at Clay, Colorado. This train is running 10 hours late, and is entering Clay siding to meet Amtrak No. 6! General Electric-powered by two G... (more)
My VERY last catch of 2011 Amtrak's Silver Meteor blasts south through Orange City over the "hill" What a way to end a great 2011 railfan season. Lets see what 2012 brings. Happy New Year!
The Silver Meteor flashes past doing every bit of 79 mph.
Amtrak 18 barrels south, with two private cars at the rear of the outbound Texas Eagle.
Amtrak 6 slides past the rear DPU of a westbound manifest train as it heads east through Gore Canyon.
Westbound Amtrak California Zepher #5 passes through Norden with a fleet of 5 Westbound UP freights following.
Amtrak P42 18 passes under the new and old signal bridges at East Naperville as it pulls in for a station stop.
To quote the Amtrak commercial, the train is now arriving..
The eastbound Pennsylvanian negotiates the twisty trackage between Tyrone and Spruce Creek on its way to its next stop at Huntingdon...
