Amtrak's Veterans Locomotive heads up Train 4 at Atherton on the BNSF Marceline Sub. As the grandson of a 34 year US Army and Missouri National Guard Vet drafted in 1953, I appreciate the sentime... (more)
Amtrak #6 is just beginning the steepest part of its descent to its next stop at Helper, Utah, 13 miles east of here. This is Kyune and the 2.4% grade is just ahead. I was standing in a waist deep... (more)
I wanted to back up a little further from the tracks for this shot but could not. The private road behind me was not plowed and high snow berms created by plowing out the public road crossing dire... (more)
Amtrak #6, led by #42, the Veteran's unit, cruises downgrade, curving around the thin vertical sandstone slab called Castlegate. This is the site of an abandoned and now nonexistent coal mining ca... (more)
Amtrak #6 is slowing to a stop in front of the Union Pacific yard office in Helper, Utah. #6 will pick up 3 passengers here today in spite of being 8 hours late. Lead unit #42, the Veterans unit, ... (more)