Happy Birthday Mom! Since our birthdays are only a couple days apart, my parents and I decided to spend the day shopping in St. Cloud. However, seeing Amtrak was delayed, and had an unusual leade... (more)

519 shoves the Beach Grove and 3 other cars into the ready tracks in Chicago. Notice the ex-J switcher in the background now owned by GATX that is on lease to Amtrak.

504 is still in Phase IV paint and assigned to yard duties in New Orleans.

Amtrak No. 6 crosses the ravine just west of Shed 10.

Amtrak No. 6 negotiates Cape Horn.

The road power has just shoved the second cut of passenger cars to the platform while the yard switcher has already grabbed all the auto cars off the rear of the train and is waiting to yard those... (more)

On a clear fall afternoon in the Sierras, Amtrak train No. 6 accelerates out of Truckee after picking up passengers. In the early part of their career, Amtrak placed its GE "Pepsi cans" on the Cal... (more)

AMTK 518 pulls up next to the wash racks at the Locomotive Facility in Chicago with two Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety cars (DOTX 220 & DOTX 221) before making a reverse movement... (more)

The Diet Pepsi can scheme Dash-8 numbered 509 is the power of a northbound Amtrak Surfliner for Los Angeles as the cold February has everyone all bundled up.

Back when they were new in the early 1990s, Amtrak's Dash 8-32BWH diesels hauling Horizon Fleet and Amfleet cars on the San Diegans was the norm. But since the delivery of dedicated Pac... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #565 heads to Los Angeles on its run from San Diego, California. On the point is Amtrak 90208, the former F40PH 208 converted to a Non-Powered Control Unit (NPCU),... (more)

The "Illini" pulls into Illinois Terminal. The terminal handles passengers for both Amtrak & MTD. The Illini is heading south on a run from Chicago to Carbondale.

A nice Amtrak P32 trails on the northbound Illini (Amtrak 392), waiting to depart at 4:05 p.m. on February 19, 2012. This trainset came down on the southbound Saluki (Amtrak 391) fro... (more)

A shot of train 572 taken while I was walking to get lunch.

Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner #784 is a southbound train, so it's rather unusual to see it running at speed northbound, as it is here at Oxnard Pallet. The reason for this "reverse move" with engine ... (more)