A 5+ hour late Amtrak #19 speeds through 'Jac Mac' on its way west to Birmingham

Amtrak Silver Meteor high tails it through Folkston, Georgia on April 23, 2024 with two of the new Siemens in charge.

Phase IV leads a new Siemens in Phase VII paint. Phase IV was brand new when I started taking pictures 30 years ago... cool to see it leading what will soon take over. Reports are that crews wil... (more)

Amtrak's southbound Crescent is running a couple hours behind schedule passing through 'Bolton' as it departs Atlanta ,GA on their way to Birmingham and NOLA.

AMTK 146 and AMTK 196 accelerates as it leads the Federal Railroad Administration car DOTX 221 and the Silver Meteor south through Folkston, Georgia.

Amtrak's recently-painted Phase IV heritage P42 no. 164 makes an appearance on the point of a pleasantly-late Crescent as it leans into the s-curve at Red Lane on a bright summer morning.

Amtrak 19 seen heading North/West across the Chattahoochee River as they make their way to The Big Easy.

Amtrak P42DC #161 dressed in its Phase 1 50th Anniversary paint leads train #19 'The Crescent' through the curves at Waco. Next stop, Anniston,AL.

I'm old enough to be alive during Phase II paint, but not old enough to remember it. Glad Amtrak brought back a little bit of their history.

Monday-Thursday in January and February the Crescent was running only as far south as Atlanta due to NS trackwork. Here 19 has completed turning on Howell Wye and is heading back to the old steel ... (more)

Amtrak 19 takes the south leg of Howell Wye across CSX at 10th Street as they turn their train due to the annual maintenance blitz between Atlanta and Birmingham.

Amtrak #19 'The Crescent' rolls through Tallapoosa at track speed. They would go in at Foster behind NS #187 to meet #220.

Amtrak train 97 has just departed Jesup about 3 1/2 hours late this morning with the Amtrak 160 in Phase III paint or "The Pepsi Can" leading the train to Miami.

The SB Crescent takes the East End to Birmingham running three hours late due to a bridge fire in Clemson.

Amtrak #20 'The Crescent' rolls through Inman Yard about 10 minutes away from making its stop at Peachtree Station