We were out mainly looking for UP freights, but they are few and far between these days on Donner, so we settled on Amtrak 5 because at least it is reasonably predictable. This was taken at Andove... (more)

We were out mainly looking for UP freights, but they are few and far between these days on Donner, so we settled on Amtrak 6 because at least it is reasonably predictable. This was taken from the... (more)

CSX's executive train passes through downtown Birmingham enroute to Chicago on day two of an inspection trip from Jacksonville.

Last of the Fall Colors

With the last vestiges of fall color clinging to the trees, Amtrak's daily Pennsylvanian makes its decent around the World Famous Horseshoe Curve. ... (more)

CSX Office Car special P001-08 heads north through downtown Birmingham, AL., on their way to Chicago, IL., with the whole train being repainted into the B&O paint scheme and locomotives renumbered... (more)

Amtrak 74 heads by the NS yard in Durham with namesake "City of Durham" F59 1869 on the point.

Amtrak's newest locomotives, the ALC-42 (Amtrak Long-distance Charger, 4,200hp), #300 in Amtrak's Phase VI livery and #301 in its 50th Anniversary "Day 1" livery, pose together in Ivy Ci... (more)

Toward the rear of the Phase VI paint on ALC-42 #300 features a red chevron, reminiscent of Amtrak's original arrow logo, providing a nod to Amtrak's history while setting the transition from Amtr... (more)

Amtrak ALC-42's #301 in 50th Anniversary "Day 1" livery, #300 in Phase VI, and P42 #160 in 50th Anniversary Dash 8 Phase III are seen together in Ivy City.

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Amtrak's newest locomotive, the ALC-42 (Amtrak Long-distance Charger, 4,200hp), #301 in the 50th Anniversary "Day 1" livery (modeled after the one-off E8 painted for Amtrak's first day of operatio... (more)

New Beginnings. AMTK 300 (ALC-42, Phase VI) arrived in Chicago, Illinois on June 14, 2021 on Amtrak Train 6 (California Zephyr) from the Siemens Factory, and recently returned to Chicago, I... (more)

First And Last. On June 15, 2021, P42DC AMTK 161 (Phase I) and ALC42 AMTK 300 (Phase VI) sat in Chicago's Amtrak Yard after the Refreshed Superliner Interiors event. The AMTK 161 replaces t... (more)

The southbound trip of the Grand Canyon Railway runs along Rt. 64 as it heads back to Williams.

Amtrak Ethan Allen crew Qualification Extra 869 rolls southbound through Middlebury with Amtrak 406 in the lead. Amtrak 406 is an Ex EMD F40PH that has been turned into a "Cabbage" NPCU... (more)

The calm before the storm. The sun rises on storm clouds rolling into Southern California on what is to be the first substantial rain in California since last winter. Though it won't cure the drou... (more)