Amtrak's engineers have a sense of humor when heritiage motors turn up a "guest" as usully added such as No Drama Lama.

P048 rolls by Lock 10 preparing to stop at CP 169.

P048 rolls to a stop at CP 175 due to an I004 that took a hotbox hit at 177.

The Chicago and Mississippi Railroad built thru here in 1854. The railroad went thru 2 name changes in 1857 and 1862 when it became the Chicago and Alton Railroad. The GM&O bought the Alton in 194... (more)

The Texas Eagle is flying south on the UP Springfield Sub towards St. Louis and eventually San Antonio. Here, the train passes this cool elevator at Williamsville on the northside of Springfield. ... (more)

I was glad to see #7 have a combo set to show the new and old era back in 2022 I am not at all excited for the new locomotives, but as with the railroad, nothing stays the same. Speaking of which,... (more)

The westbound California Zephyr is making good time as they have already clicked off a few miles into their trip all the way across Iowa. The train just left Burlington a few minutes ago and will ... (more)

The California Zephyr gets going after the station stop at Ottumwa, now down 3'-41". Unfortunately, the BNSF held trains and delayed Amtrak into Ottumwa for the CP Passenger Train that was he... (more)

The engineer on #6 is on his the last few miles of his trip from Lincoln to Ottumwa on board Amtrak's California Zephyr. Here he passes the small town of Chillicothe on the BNSF Ottumwa Sub less t... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr passes Castle Gate as it nears its next station stop in Helper.

A deepening of late day shadows envelops the Front Range mountains west of Denver, Colorado, on June 9, 2013, as Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr rolls through Eisele on a two percent descen... (more)

Just thirteen days ago, in Fort Worth TX, I encountered Amtrak's 50th Anniversary "Phase I" locomotive, P42DC 161, on train 22, the eastbound Texas Eagle. Somehow, I missed knowi... (more)

The westbound Southwest Chief rips across the prairies of New Mexico as it splits the semaphore signals in Wagon Mound, NM. These old relics are nearly 100 years old and are scheduled to be repla... (more)

Never Forget. Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome/slper 313 (WEBX 801044) and former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built dome/coach 549 (WEBX 801045) were be... (more)

AMTK 194 (P42DC) backs the California Zephyr into the Denver Union Station amid the myriad of Semaphore wires and poles that support RTD's Commuter Rail Trains.