The Carolinian heads north under the SB signals at Slaters Lane. This view is from the bike path of the recently created Potomac Yard Park, a narrow park, maybe 30 yards wide, that sits alongside... (more)

Climbing over Marias Pass, Amtrak No. 8, the eastbound Empire Builder, passes milepost 1148 east of Summit, Montana, on June 5, 2002. Spring storms brew over the majestic mountains of Glacier Nati... (more)

Westbound Amtrak No. 51, the "Cardinal," passes under the former C&O signal bridge at Orange, VA as it goes from Norfolk Southern to Buckingham Branch Railroad trackage.

The Exhibit Train and Veterans unit hitch a ride into DC on the Capitol Limited as it rolls past venerable K Tower.

PO30 Late and flying by Layton

The Empire Builder: Amtrak train No. 7, the Empire Builder, rounds the curve just east of West Glacier, Mont. on the evening of June 26, 2011. That summer, flooding in North Dakota caused t... (more)

This is the SB Carolinian. For a town of 30,000 Salisbury see a lot of trains, i.e., eight. The north and southbound Crescent, Carolinian, and two Piedmonts.

Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief train #3 splits the classic semaphore blades at the east end of the siding at Wagon Mound, New Mexico enroute from Chicago to Los Angeles. This segment of... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder takes the curves through Summit, Montana, on BNSF's Marias Pass. Amtrak P42 no. 4 in Phase 4 paint, leads the train.

Amtrak Train #6, the eastbound California Zephyr, exits the last tunnel it will encounter on the Moffat District. Ahead lies Big Ten Curves, after that it's smooth sailing for an on-time arrival i... (more)

The eastbound California Zephyr is actually heading nearly due west as it enters the horseshoe curve at the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon, having just exited Tunnel 1 on the Moffat Sub. The tracks on... (more)

After the UP pilot crew change at Bakersfield, AMT14 (04) accelerates out of Bakersfield and begins the race up the San Joaquin Valley.

After a brief delay at Sandcut, MP 325 on the Mojave Sub, the "San Joaquin" Starlight is back on the move.

Just after cresting the Summit of the Tehachapi pass, the Coast Starlight coasts into Tehachapi, passing MP 361.2 on the Mojave Sub..

The "San Joaquin" Starlight works through Ravenna, CA.