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Nearly six hours late, the westbound Empire Builder arrives at Wishram, Washington. Odds are 50/50 it will reach its destination at Union Station in Portland by sunset.
Amtrak's Empire Builder, the Portland, OR, section, races along the Columbia River on the Washington side of the river in late July of 2022. On the BNSF tracks, the train only a short time earlier departed Pasco, Washington. It was photographed from high atop a hill on the Oregon side of the river.
Amtrak's Empire Builder, the Portland, OR, section, races along the Columbia River on the Washington side of the river in late July of 2022. On the BNSF tracks, the train only a short time earlier departed Pasco, Washington. It was photographed from high atop a hill on the Oregon side of the river.
Amtrak No. 21, the Texas Eagle, crosses the North Bosque River at Clifton, Texas. Soon, it will meet BNSF 6355 awaiting at a siding. https://tinyurl.com/2mdh5bu9
Amtrak's Sunset Ltd. at San Antonio one early August morning. The train is parked alongside the historic Southern Pacific Sunset Station. The Texas Eagle, which will depart after the Sunset, is parked behind the train (not pictured). The overabundance of clouds, even at night, mar the scene.
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In 2016, I decided to take the California Zephyr from Emeryville to Reno. Since I was getting into trains at the time, I thought it would be fun to mark out every railroad crossing along the way, plus the bridges and tunnels. Now, 4 years (5 years?) later, I'm still working on...
In Volume Two we follow the Chicago Line from Toledo-Edgerton. We stop by Swanton, Wauseon and many other great train watching locations. Get ready for non stop action along The Norfolk Southern Chicago Line!
Footage from Wauseon is exclusively from @Boatwatching 14 on YouTube and contributor...
Hi All - I'll keep posting a couple of my trip reports if they're of interest - particularly as travel is difficult for many during COVID!
Here is my experience on Amtrak's California Zephyr riding from San Francisco (Emeryville) to Chicago - a great trip if you ever get the chance! Note - this...
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I am a major Amtrak fan/rail enthusiast. I take the train a lot and there was this one time, I observed a live birth take place on the train. I have numerous thoughts and questions around that which I would like your feedback on. Back in March 2019, I was riding on the California Zephyr...
Hey everyone, my father worked for Amtrak back in the day. We are cleaning out the shed and found several boxes of railroad documents and electrical schematics from various trains such as AEM7 locomotives, amfleet rail cars, VRE cars, etc. If anyone is near Anne arundel county Maryland and can...
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