Though ALC-42’s have been making more frequent appearances on the Chicago-bound Cardinal service, it’s P42DC #148 in charge of the train as it arrives at Alexandria Union Station on track 2.
Sandstone Sunsets: As the sun begins to set behind the mountains in Hinton, West Virginia along the New River, the Amtrak Charger 331 leads the westbound Cardinal into the night.
Ronceverte Refreshments: AMTK 160, the Pepsi Can, leads the westbound Cardinal through Ronceverte, West Virginia, along the CSX Alleghany Subdivision.
AMTK 136 leads the west Cardinal into Covington, VA on a sunny April evening while the Covington yard job Y191 works in the background.
Amtrak P051 northbound crossing the Wabash River north of Lafayette, IN, Labor Day 09/02/19.
P051 cruises west 14hrs late
Amtrak Cardinal train 51 stopped at Crozet to meet train 50.
Amtrak Phase IV heritage locomotive 184 on Cardinal train 51 at Charlottesville.
The evening cardinal has made it's stop at Alderson and starts to accelerates out of town.
"All aboard!" This is only the 2nd regular service Amtrak train I've caught in my lifetime, and I wasn't a bit disappointed. Amtrak 51, "The Cardinal", pauses at Cincinnati Uni... (more)
The westbound Amtrak Cardinal service train #51 makes it's station stop at Charlottesville, VA on Friday the 13th of November.
Amtrak Cardinal service train 51 arrives at Charlottesville with F40PH 406 and the exhibit train in the consist.
Number 51, the westbound Cardinal, passes beneath a cantilever C&O era signal bridge lurking in the shadows as its heads towards Thurmond, Huntington and ultimately, Chicago.