Over the river and through the woods and along the fern farms Amtrak is bringing people home for Thanksgiving.

The California Zephyr exits Tunnel #1 and heads to the Plainview Crossing as it journeys into the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

The California Zephyr exits Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado. There will be 28 more tunnels before the train crosses under the Continental Divide.

Amtrak engine #205 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr through Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado.

Amtrak 4 at their station shop in Fort Madison, Iowa

91 sweeps into Seville with a Charger 2nd out. The ALC-42's have been slowly appearing on the Silver Service trains.

Running about 5 and a half hours late, Amtrak 91 rounds the north leg of the Neve Wye in Ybor City on approach to it’s station stop at Tampa. A CSX coal train struck a trespasser just north of K... (more)

On Memorial Day, Amtrak's eastbound Capitol Limited #30 shoots up the Barnesville grade with a mile-long horn salute from a friend in the cab.

Amtrak 763 crosses over the Redondo Flyover with a P42 for power.

Milwaukee Road observation car Cedar Rapids and a Milwaukee RoadSuper Dome return to the Twin Cities on the rear of Amtrak's Empire Builder. Owned by the 261 group, the cars were part of a weeke... (more)

When the #5 California Zephyr arrives in Denver from the east it runs through the BNSF's Denver Yard. Here we see engine 205 (P42DC) arriving under a cotton candy colored sunrise as it makes the ... (more)

The eastbound Empire Builder blazes by Anoka Station with AMTK 184 40th anniversary unit and FRA's DOTX 221 "office of safety" car.

The eastbound Empire Builder crosses the Mississippi River in Hastings with AMTK 184 40th anniversary unit and FRA's DOTX 221 "office of safety" car.

The departing passengers look eager to board as a westbound Amtrak corridor train pulls into the station at Old Saybrook, CT. Long before high level platforms and such, it was routine for westboun... (more)

The "Tractors, Trains, and Planes" Memorial weekend event at Santa Margarita Ranch had a new addition this year- a giant American flag! Here the Seattle bound Coast Starlight passes by t... (more)