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Today's Eastbound California Zephyr, train #6 has a quartet of the new Siemens Charger Amtrak engines.
They will definitely take awhile to get used too!
Amtrak #301 in a Heritage scheme leads the 309, 313 and 314 past the East switch at Thompson, UT on this rainy and gloomy morning.
One of Amtrak's 50th anniversary Heritage Unit #161 leads train #89 heading to Savannah, GA at N. Charleston Staton.
The AMTK 702 encountered issues near Batavia last night, so CSX sent B791 from Rochester to assist in taking them to Exchange Street, which later Amtrak would set off 716 from 49 to finish it's journey to Niagara Falls.
Amtrak Capitol Corridor 532, San Jose - Sacramento
Marina Park, Alviso CA
灣區今年雨水充沛，今明兩天都會下雨，難得午休時間天氣短暫放晴，決定去和久未碰面的火車問候一下。
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The Empire Builder at Minneiska MN. Amtrak seems to have a P-42 (or P-40) as power with the Chargers as a safety measure in case the Chargers fail.
Amtrak No. 6, the eastbound California Zephyr, curves through the desert on Union Pacific’s Green River Subdivision main line between Wash and Mounds, Utah, on the morning of July 26, 2002.
Amtrak P32ACDM #716 leads train 254 towards New York by the former NYC bracket mast at CP 94 in Barrytown.
Amtrak train No. 8, the eastbound Empire Builder, rolls along the southern edge of Glacier National Park. May 24, 2020. Shot from a DJI Mavic Mini.
Amtrak train 93 leans into the curve to Brook Interlocking in Old Saybrook, CT with newly wrapped 662 leading.
Amtrak 820 and 13 in the nice RWB stripe scheme lead train 40 under the Westinghouse Bridge in East Pittsburg, PA on July 3, 1997. The train has a healthy cut of freight cars behind the engines. At the time Amtrak was going after less than carload business that the Class 1's ignored.
Continuing with more E units. When Amtrak started and PC was allowed to discontinue the daytime westbound #53, the only time we could see any passenger action across the Pennsy in daytime was if the Broadway Limited was later enough to show up after sunrise. Such was the case on this sunny day in April 1978 when the Broadway was late enough to get some sun on the curves descending Big Run Hill between Orrville and Wooster near Geyers Chapel Rd.
BN nearly lost the bridge over the Yellowstone River at Livingston due to flooding. Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha was rerouted for about a month over the Milwaukee Road between Miles City and Sappington.
After a service stop and crew change, #9 leaves town.
It's not the Olympian but it definitely gave the experience only dreamed could happen.
All that's missing are the electrics. The end of electrification was six days earlier.
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Amtrak's southbound Vermonter passes some peak foliage near Macktown Rd. in Windsor, CT. Because of a drought which lasted all summer the foliage was predicted to be a "brownout", but it is nice to see the predictions were wrong.
Passing possibly the most-photographed signals in New Mexico, Amtrak’s eastbound Southwest Limited storms through Levy, New Mexico.
With a dual wave from the engine crew, a 10-hour late Amtrak 6 takes in some rare daylight miles as it departs Salt Lake City. The downtown SLC skyline, including the Capitol, can be seen in the distance.
AMTK 161 ~ #6 ~ Salt Lake City, Utah
Union Pacific's Provo Subdivision
01.23.2023
Basking in the late afternoon sun, Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr has drawn quite a colorful consist with 5 paint 'phases' being represented. Number 6 has just departed Rye Patch siding and will split the Humboldt Mountains and the Rye Patch reservoir en-route to the next station stop in Winnemucca.
The last time I photographed Amtrak's 40th anniversary rendition of their 'phase II' paint scheme, it was being worn by P42 #66. 130 was painted in phase II colors after 66 had been pulled from service. Phase IV painted 164 is also a 'replacement' heritage locomotive, replacing the 184 that was painted in phase IV colors for the 40th anniversary in 2011.
AMTK 130 ~ AMT6 ~ Rye Patch, Nevada
Union Pacific's Nevada Subdivision
07.24.2026
At Union Depot (1 hour early). Amtrak #160 - 50th Anniversary "Pepsi" locomotive and P42DC #203 wear special paint schemes. The 203 marks Operation Lifesaver's 50th Anniversary..A seriously gloomy and rainy day, but had to shoot it.
Thanks to Pat for the info.
An on time Empire Builder is led by the 50th Anniversary engine as it approaches St Paul Union Depot
Amidst the pine covered granite of the Sierra, Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr makes its way up the mountain at MP 178, just below Butte Cañon and Shed 10.
Amtrak 203, wearing a special OLS safety wrap, reminds us...see tracks, think train!
AMTK 203 ~ AMT6 ~ Donner Pass, California
Union Pacific's Roseville Subdivision
04.21.2025
Waves from the mighty Pacific lap the sun drenched shore of California's Gaviota State Beach as the Coast Starlight soars overhead. Private rail car 'Cyrus K Holliday' brings up the markers as #14 heads for points north.
AMTK 158 ~ AMT14 ~ Gaviota, California
Union Pacific's Santa Barbara Subdivision
01.26.2017
Empire Builder nearing the summit by about a mile. Place now has crossovers and is called Marias.
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A pair of Mallards observe southbound Northeast Regional 147 crossing the Farmington River at Windsor, CT.
Amtrak's southbound P089, the "Silver Palm," crosses the Rappahannock River on the CSX RF&P Subdivision at Fredericksburg, VA on Jan. 29, 2000 with P42's No's. 48 and 97.
Amtrak's Veteran painted engine leads an hour and half late Eastbound #6, the California Zephyr through Palisade, CO.
Running many hours late, Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr sails downgrade between Low and Marblehead, Utah on the old WP mainline. Amtrak's 50th anniversary edition of the 'pointless arrow' leads the charge through a snowy scene.
AMTK 161 ~ AMT6 ~ Low, Utah
Union Pacific's Shafter Subdivision
01.23.2023
Amtrak #5, the westbound California Zephyr travels through a desert-style landscape and will soon pass the almost ghost-town of Thompson Springs. P42 #182 and #59 lead the train.
The Empire Builder is only 1.4 miles into its cross-country journey to the PNW coast. The first part is exiting the labyrinth of trackage in Chicago downtown area.
Amtrak's WB Southwest Chief nears Glorieta as it passes the searchlights that guard the east end of Blanchard siding on the former ATSF. In the background is Starvation Peak, a famous landmark of the Santa Fe Trail.
#10 has arrived at Sappington and is now pulling into the siding. It will back through the switch and over the interchange to the Milwaukee Road's main line. The Milwaukee's signals approaching the grade level crossing and call box can be seen through the poles .
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