Amtrak San Joaquin 712 head south out of Modesto on its way from Oakland to Bakersfield. This train has Amtrak Non-Powered Control Unit 90278 up front (NPCUs were rebuilt into unpowered ca... (more)

An Amtrak Capitol Corridor train meets a UP manifest as it approaches Oakland's Jack London Square Station.

A pair of cabbages are seen at Amtrak's Redondo Junction maintenance facility in the last light of the day, one looking much better than the other. Unfortunately, the patriotic-painted AMTK 90208 ... (more)

As Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 578 departs Fullerton, California, on Track 3, the conductor seems transfixed by something off to the train’s right side. Meanwhile, some BNSF employees are i... (more)

The "low-level set" on the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner route pulls out of Los Angeles as train 1572 with NPCU 90278 (former F40PH 278) taking up the markers. Terminal Tower is on the right.

Nearing Los Angeles, northbound Pacific Surfliner train #1573 sails through Commerce on BNSF's San Bernardino Subdivision with an ex-F40 NPCU "cabbage car" leading the way.

Double Double, Surfliner Style: Two NPCU cars and two Charger locomotives bookend Amtrak train 569 as it heads out of San Diego. The 90278 was at one time an F40PH locomotive. Now, it works... (more)

Catching the late afternoon light at Los Angeles Union Station, Amtrak's lower-level set and a standard double decker set rest at the bumpers.

Nearly 40 years since it was built, the shell of the ex-F40 that is the AMTK 90278 still looks sharp as it brings up the rear of this morning's Amtrak 568. In the background, a group of Metrolink'... (more)

The engineer throttles up out of Bellingham station as some waterfowl kick it in what's left during low tide.

Amtrak Cascades meets the M/V Kennicott, a ship that is part of the Alaska Marine Highway System.

Amtrak Cascade train 501 heads south to PDX, heading past the small BNSF Willbridge yard in North West Portland.

With his hand on the horn, the engineer of Amtrak's Cascades honks for a crossing along the UP Brooklyn Subdivision in the Willamette Valley.

Amtrak 90278 in PhaseV leading a NB Cascade toward Seattle.

Fresh out of the shops, one of the two latest NPCU's to be converted from powered F40s to depowered cab-control F40s. 278 does have an air compressor in the carbody to help with main reservoir iss... (more)