The mid day Amtrak has just dropped passengers off in Roanoke and is backing up to hit the wye to head to its parking place until the evening run back north.

The California Zephyr runs past Barr Lake at sunrise as it heads to Denver, Colorado on the Brush Sub.

The California Zephyr runs through Barr Lake at sunrise as it heads towards Denver, Colorado on the Brush Sub.

Amtrak 40 passes through south Raleigh, passing one of several industry spurs along the NC Line.

The Floridian hustles into Raleigh with a P42 and Charger for power.

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)