Day One. On Tuesday, February 8, 2022, Amtrak added Siemens ALC42s 301 (Day One) and 302 (Phase VI) to the consist of the Empire Builder (Train 7) in Chicago, Illinois for the first time on... (more)

Showing off the CSXT Capitol Dome brass plate on the nose of the executive F40PH-2 CSXT 1, the P00123 heads southbound through Fremont, VA, on January 26, 2022.

Class leader VIA 900 brings up the rear of VIA 62 as it approaches a vintage signal bridge. It is showing a Limited to Clear signal for VIA 62, which will bring it to the South Track, with CN 149 ... (more)

"Town of Cary" RNCX 1871 brings up the rear of train 74 as they near the end of their route at Raleigh. The set will return back west on 75 an hour later.

A short P074 comes in Raleigh with an F59 on each end.

Todays Amtrak no. 14, the northbound Coast Starlight is running on a limited weekly schedule once again. Three units with No.127 leading, roll the Starlight along the Gaviota Coastline north of S... (more)

Maximize The Trip. On January 20, 2022, Amtrak 100 (P42DC, 50th Anniversary, Midnight Blue) brought Amtrak Train 43 (Pennsylvanian)/Norfolk Southern Corp 07T across the Susquehanna River ov... (more)

With Track Geometry Car 3 already painted into the B&O Passenger Scheme, a pair of unique former MARC & Amtrak motors pilot W003 from Atlanta to Wauhatchie.

Midnight Blue and White: Midnight Blue 50th Anniversary Amtrak P42DC #100 leads the Pennsylvanian, train 43, past SEPTA's Narberth station one day after the Northeast saw a significa... (more)

Amtrak’s Midnight Blue 50th Anniversary unit leads the Pennsylvanian westbound as it eases into a curve under the wires in Kinzers.

Here is something you hope you never see. The car crossing the tracks stopped briefly at the crossing as the lights and bells started to activate, but then proceeded to speed under the falling cr... (more)

Snowy Sunset. On the evening of February 5, 2021, Amtrak 46 (P42DC, 50th Anniversary) pulled into the Louis M. Slaughter Rochester, New York Station with Amtrak Train 281. Amtrak 46 was the... (more)

Spotsy Spotting: During a lovely morning spent trainspotting at the Spotsylvania VRE station, an Amtrak train rushes through.