The Empire Builder pauses for the conductor to engage the electric switch at the west end of the Minnesota Commercial yard area at St. Anthony Junction in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Recent snow and w... (more)

The esteemed Conductor, Brad Swartzwelter, of the Amtrak's Winter Park Express Ski Train, is retiring from Amtrak after 30 years of service, and will make his last WPE ride on the 31st of March on... (more)

P125 heads out of RO with a single aging P40DC leading. The US Capitol building can be seen on the right thanks to some recent brush cutting at this location.

Amtrak's southbound Crescent crosses over the Coosa River as it heads for its next station stop in Birmingham.

On March 20, 1949, the first run of the original California Zephyr departed Chicago, Illinois, bound for the west coast. A 75th anniversary run of the westbound California Zephyr, Amtrak’s train... (more)

Amtrak GE P42DC No. 174 has been repainted in Phase VII colors and leads the Winter Park Express ski train at Fraser, Colorado, on March 21, 2024.

Running a 35 minutes behind the California Zephyr is Amtrak’s eastbound Winter Park Express ski train, returning from Winter Park, and has just exited Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado, at 6:27 p.... (more)

Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr has just exited Tunnel 1 at aptly-named Plainview, Colorado, late in the afternoon of March 22, 2024. Leading the train is recently-repainted GE P42DC No. 82... (more)

Amtrak engine #174 (P42DC) in the Phase VII paint scheme runs toward Plainview, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Amtrak engine #82 (P42DC) is one of a few P42's painted in the new Phase VII scheme. Here it is leading the California Zephyr through Plainview as it heads into the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

P449 glides west thru Chatham Village with 2 engines and 5 cars including a horizon coach

American View Of The Bronx. On the late morning of March 20, 2024, Amtrak Train 171 was passing through the Oak Point section of the Bronx, New York with AMTK 10005 (Catenary Measurement), ... (more)

The Silver Star just departed DC and heads away from the Washington Monument as they begin the trip down the RF&P Sub and points south on the way to Miami.

Amtrak's Winter Park Express Ski Train runs through four feet of snow at Crescent Colorado as it heads up the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Found this Paducah rebuild working M of W. Hoped to find good weather before the vacationers came out. Struck out on the weather in the Northeast. As usual. Rumor is the sun does shine there... (more)