Amtrak NPCU #90218, the "Oakland", trails on the rear of San Joaquin train #711 as it departs Martinez.

Amtrak's 406 lays over in Kansas City for a trip to Topeka in the morning as an auto rack train glides by on the KCT main.

Amtrak's 311, The Missouri River Runner, is led by Phase III 406 and Amtrak's Exhibit Train. 311 has just finished its station stop at Independence and is finishing the last leg into Kansas City w... (more)

In the shop for some TLC.

Detail shot of a truck on this former F40.

Freshly painted and rebuilt NPCUs (former F40s) rest in the yard. Photo taken on RR property with permission.

The sun was out, but it was super cold.

Amtrak train 696 gains speed, just after a station stop.

Amtrak returns to Phoenix... sort of. Amtrak NPCU 406, an F40PH, leads the Amtrak Exhibit Train down the Chandler Industrial Lead to the Arizona Railway Museum where it will spend the weekend on ... (more)

Amtrak Cascades new trainset ODOT 1 sits at Portland Union Station covered in snow and icicles due to the recent snow and freezing temperature in the northwest.

Amtrak Downeaster train 686 flies through the Scarborough marsh on a chilly Thursday afternoon.

The Downeaster passes the excellent Jen's Place on Stanwood Street, which serves breakfast from 5am to 2pm. The brick building behind the train still wears the title from its old machine work life... (more)

Amtrak 406 awaits its next assignment while sitting in the Amtrak's Chicago Yard on 11/20/13.

With the great dome in consist, Phase III NPCU #406 brings a Hiawatha Service train out of Milwaukee.

The southbound Downeaster screams across the Salmon Falls River that straddles the border between Maine and New Hampshire. The fall foliage is 99% gone, but every year, a few delinquent oak trees... (more)