California Zephyrs meet in the Sierras. Number 6 (on the left, with AMTK 182) with an enthusiastic engineer, greets Number 5 which is about to attack the Donner Summit.
The leaves are in full bloom as Amtraks Capitol Limited drops downgrade around the Mance, PA horseshoe curve on a foggy and wet morning on Sand Patch.
Amtrak's eastbound Crescent passes through Cook Springs on Norfolk Southern's Birmingham-to-Atlanta mainline.
Southbound Adirondack arriving
Canon EOS20D, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Coast Starlight #14 closes in on the city limits of Salinas from the south, approaching the junction with the now-truncated Spreckels Industrial lead.
Coast Starlight #14 is about to enter the short Soledad Tunnel on the Coast Line just north of King City.
Amtrak 7 rounds the curve into the late afternoon sun at Reeseville on track 2. This is SOP here, as the station stop at Columbus, WI., is just minutes ahead on the south side of the tracks.
#8 pulls into La Crosse. (Canon EOS20D, 16-35mm f/2.8L USM)
The Outbound State House pulls into Joliet Union Station with Amtrak P42 198 in charge.
Amtrak 198 along with Amtrak 513, a Dash8-32BW, brings the daily NB City of New Orleans through the switches at switch tender before making a stop at Jackson's Union Station.
Amtrak 3 flys through Hinsdale, with a dash 8 trailing
WSAZ TV has had a sign next to Rt. 60 here so long that C&O, Chessie and now CSX crews call this the WSAZ signal.
