Amtrak Cascades train 500 roars across the floor of the Willamette Valley at Hito. Next stop: Oregon City.

Not quite 117 miles into its 310 mile trip to Seattle, Cascades train 508 is already an hour and fifteen minutes behind schedule. Small wonder that railfans in the Puget Sound area call this train... (more)

A Pacific Surfliner train from Los Angeles is wrapping up its run down the coast as it pulls into its final stop in San Diego on another beautiful morning in Southern California.

With a Siemens Charger shoving on the rear, Amtrak Cascades train 503 rolls southward.

Sunset at Sunset Seat. A hazy sunset was descending upon Torrey Pines Beach in Del Mar, California on July 24, 2020 as Amtrak/Amtrak California Train 784 (CDTX 2110, SC-44 leading) approach... (more)

The outbound Illinois Zephyr flies through suburban Clarendon Hills on a beautiful evening in the western suburbs of Chicago.

Amtrak 508 has just started its 310 mile trip from Eugene to Seattle as it passes the water tower at the new Oregon State Hospital. Local icon Spencer Butte looms in the distance. This is the only... (more)

Night In The Station. On July 20, 2020, Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome/sleeper 313 (WEBX 801044) and former New York Central Railroad Budd built Pullma... (more)

The sole Talgo set currently in operation on Amtrak's Cascades service is parked at Eugene, awaiting a 4:30 pm departure for Seattle as train 508.

Amtrak's northbound Illinois Zephyr departs it's station stop in Galesburg, running about 40 minutes late bound for it's final destination of Chicago on a beautiful morning in early July.

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 584 accelerates out of the Oceanside Transportation Center and the train departs for San Diego on its trip from Los Angeles. CDTX SC-44 2121 leads this six-car tra... (more)

Midway through its trip from Eugene to Seattle, Amtrak Cascades train 500 enters Vancouver, Washington. The train has just crossed the Columbia River.

Del Mar Lavender. The sun was out when Amtrak California/Amtrak CDTX 2109 (SC44, Siemens) was crossing San Dieguito Lagoon in Del Mar, California on the afternoon of Friday, April 1, 2022 i... (more)

Cruising the Cliffs Coaster 679 sneaks up the Del Mar cliffs on a breezy Saturday afternoon with a relatively-new Siemens Charger leading.

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 562 departs the station in Fullerton as it heads to San Diego from Los Angeles. This train will cross from Track 1 to Track 3 at Fullerton Junction, which it is no... (more)