Running just 6 hours 53 minutes behind schedule, this day’s Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, is just about to its next-to-last stop in Fullerton. (The previous day’s trai... (more)

Freshly painted #196 leads a nearly 3 hour late westbound Southwest Chief at Highgrove.

Amtrak 196 leads Amtrak 19 through Cleburne, AL

Amtrak's southbound Crescent #19 heads through the backwoods at Cleburne, AL. with AMTK P42DC #196 wearing the phase VII paint scheme leading the way bound for New Orleans, LA.

The Floridian sported some Phase 7 power P42 and an ALC-42 as the train zips by the fern farms of rural Volusia County.

Amtrak 196 looks sharp leading the Chicago-bound Borealis at Hastings, Minnesota while crossing the Milwaukee Road's Mississippi River lift bridge. These Phase VII paint scheme P42s were r... (more)

Amtrak 195 stops at the Ashland Station to pick up and drop off passengers. The locomotive paused in a perfect spot next to the RF&P steam train mural.

Amtrak 79 charges by the old crossing guard tower at downtown Enfield on the A Line, early into their trip through North Carolina.

The first run of the Southwest Chief from Chicago after a brief cancellation due to a BNSF derailment in Williams, AZ wastes no time leaving Las Vegas, NM behind. Note the Santa Fe inscriptions st... (more)

Amtrak train 5, the westbound California Zephyr, rolls along the Colorado River as it exits Little Gore Canyon between Azure and Radium, Colorado, on September 16, 2021.

The Coast Starlight and the Portland section of the Empire Builder sit side by side at Portland Union Station.

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr passes some late season rafters enjoying a day on the Colorado River as it exits Little Gore Canyon between Azure and Radium, Colorado, on September 16, 2021... (more)

Our Beagle Minturn (yes, he is named after the town at the foot of Rio Grande’s steep crossing of Tennessee Pass) intently watches Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr rumbling through Little ... (more)

Amtrak train number 5 the "California Zephyr" parallels the Truckee River as it negotiates the curve in Union Mills, CA. Due to the wildfires only 50 miles away from Truckee, there is a ... (more)

The Westbound California Zephyr is seen coming down from Donner Summit at Norden. The air is thick with smoke from the ongoing wildfires in the Pacific Northwest.