Amtrak 504 departs put of Chicago with a Westbound Hiawatha.

Amtrak 504 leads Hiawatha 334 East under the searchlights at Tower A3.

NORMAN OK (July) 1977 — Amtrak SDP40F 504 leads Train 16 The Lone Star. The northbound train has crossed Acres Street as it departs city center. EMD built the 504 (s/n 72694-5) in June 1973. Aft... (more)

Four SDP40Fs are on the headend of train 3, the westbound Southwest Limited, because this train is delivering new locomotive 587, built in May 1974, which will be assigned to Amtrak trains ... (more)

Amtrak 504 departs Milwaukee Intermodal Station with Eastbound Hiawatha 340.

Northbound Hiawatha service is departing from Chicago behind one of Amtrak's Dash 8's ahead of the normal Charger locomotive. The train is passing under one of the more unique signal installations... (more)

An eastbound San Diegan was rounding the 15 mph curve at Redondo Jct heading for San Diego. This is the site of the tragic crash of a pair of Santa Fe RDC cars in JAN 1956.

Amtrak train 303 screams through Atlanta, Illinois at 79mph on its way to St. Louis. Recent cold weather and locomotive failures have pressed the 500 series units into mainline service. The former... (more)

Amtrak 504 shoves Amtrak Hiawatha train 336 into Chicago under the CP Morgan signal bridge.

Here's a late Amtrak #6 with some unusual power, as seen on the BN just east of Lincoln, NE.

There's Something About a Train that's Magic...

What appears to be an Amtrak San Diegan with a particularly eclectic set of cars is, in fact, not a train for passengers. Fro... (more)

The 504 is the assigned yard engine, and the 140 is ready to head up the Sunset Limited.

Nearly-new Amtrak SDP40F 504 gets watered at Los Angeles Union Station after bringing in train #3, the westbound Southwest Limited, on June 26th, 1973. For a short time, as the Amtrak 500s... (more)

A colorful General Electric P32BWH, built in Dec. 1991, lays over at the Rio Grande depot in Salt Lake City. Amtrak 504 would lead the nocturnal departure of the Desert Wind train to Las Vegas and... (more)

Various Amtrak power sits under the skyline in Chicago.