Amtrak engine #187 (P42DC) in Phase VII paint leads the California Zephyr #5 train up the 2% grade to Big Ten Curve in Rocky, Colorado.

Ethan Allen Express northbound with P42DC 116 on the rear.

Well, always hold out hope. The Chargers have not quite sealed the deal in Silver Service. Not only are the P42's not going away, they are being repainted!

Amtrak’s southbound Adirondack, Train 68, departs Montreal’s Central Station on the elevated tracks alongside Boulevard Robert-Bourassa. P42DC no. 104 leads the usual consist of Amfleet cars, ... (more)

Range Rolling mountain valley so characteristic of the west slope.

Operation Lifesaver Amtrak 6 with the Rio Grande looking paint, always a treat I like to get.

Operation Lifesaver Amtrak 6 with the Rio Grande looking paint, always a treat I like to get.

Sunrise on the High Plains Amtrak 5 is west highball out of Crest, Colorado as the sun ball of a new day just hits the event horizon with Nick Ploysa at the helm and my colleagues trac... (more)

Phase 7 X 2 P42 on the Floridian, somewhat of a rare thing leading in Seville.

A spectacular Colorado Sunrise greets the California Zephyr #5 train which was led by the Operation Lifesaver engine #203 as it runs through Roggen, Colorado on the Brush Sub.

The 53 running a little take is about an hour to it's southern terminal.

The Winter Park Express Ski Train runs through Leyden, Colorado at sunrise on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Amtrak 150 & 140 lead the eastbound Southwest Chief with three Patrick Henry Creative Promotions cars on the rear.

After completing its run from New York City to Albany, New York as an Amtrak Empire Service train, a crew gets the train ready for its next southbound departure by turning the train around the wye... (more)

Amtrak engine #41 (P42DC) was one of two engines damaged when the California Zephyr struck a milk truck at a rural crossing east of Keenesburg, Colorado. Here the crews are replacing the wheel se... (more)