Not very often a person sees an Amtrak passenger train leave Duluth, MN. This train is part of the Milwaukee Road 261 passenger special from the Twin Cities to Duluth and back for National Train D... (more)
Nosing into Wisconsin, amid the adulation of many rail fans, to hook up to the 261.
As hundreds of railfans did this weekend, Amtrak P42DC rushes to hook up with the 261.
A sliver of light illuminates the 261 passenger train as it is turned at Rice's Point. The 261 would be wyed the following day.
The 261 steam excursion train departs Duluth and enters Wisconsin behind an Amtrak diesel. The 261 was wyed earlier and moved over to Superior where it would meet up with its train from Duluth.
About the nicest day of the year so far in the PNW, so setting up for train-watching at a sweeping curve abutting the city's riverfront park with a group of friends would be the order of the day.... (more)
Amtrak #301 rolls south down the now infamous "Third Street Corridor". Some say that this rail line was created by Beelzebub while God was resting on the 7th day. None of these people, however,... (more)
Amtrak engine 17 crossing the bridge over the Connecticut River entering Bellows Falls, Vermont . Trailing is 6 coaches and Engine 105 pushing on the rear.
A late running Westbound Southwest Chief passes through Cajon station on a busy Sunday morning in the Pass.
The "Cardinal" coming down the hill at Nokesville at sunset
The Saluki tears over the Calumet River, en route to southern Illinois.
Ripping south on a chilly morning.
After waiting a couple minutes for the SOO Shakopee to clear at Western Avenue, Amtrak 8 is on the move again running only slightly late out of St. Paul.
The southbound Saluki roars down the CN/IC through Riverdale, right on time.