Amtrak's Desert Wind train #35 makes a rare daylight appearance along Union Pacific's Lynndyl Subdivision at Lake Point, Utah. The connecting California Zephyr train #5 arrived at Salt Lake City a... (more)

One Amtrak Pacific Surfliner trainset per day runs from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo, avoiding the more common segment from San Diego to L.A. This is also the only trainset not made up o... (more)

Another cab car failure on the C&M.

The cab car's horn failed on the morning Hiawatha, so when the train got to CUS, they tacked this thing on. Good thing, too!

Amtrak train 763 heads north of Union Station as another photographer takes a photo of this rare sight on the Surf Line.

Amtrak's "Kelso Flyer" coasts through Lenwood at decent speed, headed for Los Angeles.

Amtrak's "Kelso Flyer" is seen making its stop in Barstow to let passengers de-train and stretch their legs for a moment before continuing West.

The Pacific Railroad Society's "Kelso Flyer" special fan trip excursion departs Barstow for an afternoon out in the desert. Battery problems sidelined the original lead Dash 8 locomotive, leaving ... (more)

Amtrak's Coast Starlight lead by two Dash-8s sandwiching a P42 make their way north out of Bradley on the Union Pacific Coast Line. An extra empty baggage car tags along on the rear on its trip ... (more)

Amtrak's Ann Rutledge races west for Kansas City.

The "De facto" switcher switches the coach yard, partially seen in the distance.

Running on B20 biodiesel from beef byproducts, AMTK 500 is being monitored for performance and wear on mechanical parts by Amtrak during its 12 month test.

Where's the train? A crew member peers back to check track alignement as a PV from Minneapolis is about to get shoved indoors from one of the "new" yard goats. The SCAL is overhead and the... (more)

Running about 15 minutes late, the San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles Pacific Surfliner races through Lake Balboa on the former Southern Pacific Coast Line (today's Metrolink Ventura Sub) and past an ... (more)

The defacto yard switcher moves equipment around as a Michigan service train is about to end it's journey. The pile of ties in the background foretell of some work coming up this summer.