The Empire Builder 7/27 at Minot, North Dakota on 1/2/2008.
The "Baby" Empire Builder 27 at Pasco, Washington on 1/3/2008.
Coast Starlight 11 meets Empire Builder 27 at Portland Union Station on 1/3/2008.
Surfliner 798 at Grover Beach, California on 1/21/2008.
Southwest Chief 3 at La Junta with a Cascade locomotive heading to Los Angeles on 2/3/2008. A massive mud slide at Frazier, Oregon closed the Coast Starlight route in late January so Cascade engines needed work had to detour via Chicago to get to Los Angeles for servicing.
A stub Coast Starlight prepares to depart Los Angeles to Sacramento on 2/17/2008.
A Capitol Train 502 runs through Jack London Square on 2/18/2008.
Me addressing the crowd at the Grand Opening of the Exhibition of Amtrak History at the Depot Inn and Suites in La Plata, Missouri on 2/23/2008.
Southwest Chief 3 at Albuquerque on 3/2/2008.
Surfliner meets San Diego Trolley in San Diego on 3/18/2008.
The One Millionth Amtrak Rail Mile Trip began at Fullerton, California on 4/5/2008.
Me reaching my One Millionth Amtrak Rail Mile on 4/7/2008 as the Southwest Chief 4 stopped at the La Plata Amtrak Station. Photograph by Tom Anderson.
California Zephyr 5 at Glenwood Springs, Colorado on 4/12/2008.
I enjoyed another trip aboard the Great Dome on Surfliner 595 on 4/24/2008.
On 5/10/2008 National Train Day was held across the nation and at Los Angeles Union Station Surfliner Engine 458 was on display.
The Pacific Parlor Car Willamette Valley 39975 was also on display at LAUPT on 5/10/2008.
The Coast Starlight 14 at Los Angeles on National Train Day 2008 on 5/10/2008.
The Coast Starlight passed through the Frazier Slide Zone on 5/11/2008.
Cascades Talgo 513 arrived into Tacoma on 5/12/2008.
Surfliner 784 and 582 rest at San Diego on 5/16/2008.
Surfliner 785 meets Surfliner 595 on 5/24/2008.
Santa Fe 3751 San Diego Steam Special on 6/1/2008 used Amfleet Cars for most of its trainset.
The Heartland Flyer at Saginaw, Texas on 6/19/2006.
The NRHS BNSF Excursion "Quanah Zephyr at Quanah, Texas was Amfleet Cars from the Los Angeles Pool on 6/21/2008.
The westbound Southwest Chief arrived into La Plata on 7/13/2008.
The eastbound Southwest Chief did its station work in La Plata on 8/7/2008.
San Joaquin 713 at Bakersfield on 8/10/2008.
California Car Take Transit-Save Gas Coach at Emeryville on 8/11/2008.
California Zephyr 6 serves Reno at the new station located in the Reno Trench on 8/11/2008.
California Zephyr 6 at Glenwood Springs on 8/12/2008.
Milwaukee Road 261 watched the Empire Builder pass by at Minneapolis Jct on 8/14/2008.
Amtrak operated the Santa Fe 3751 AAPRCO Excursion to San Diego on 9/21/2008.
The Coast Starlight detoured down the former Southern Pacific Valley Line and over Tehachapi Loop on 10/26/2008 seen here at the former Southern Pacific station in Bakersfield.
Amtrak's Operation Lifesaver Unit 455 seen at Irvine on Surfliner 564 with the Slogan "Stay off! Stay Away! Stay Alive!" shrink-wrapped on it 11/11/2008.
I took the northbound Coast Starlight over the Tehachapi Loop and north on the former Southern Pacific San Joaquin Valley Line aboard the Tioga Pass on 11/14/2008.
The Southwest Chief crosses a snow-covered Glorieta Pass on 12/31/2008.
I again took the southbound Coast Starlight, this time down the former Western Pacific, the Souther Pacific Valley Line and over the Tehachapi Loop on 1/25/2009.
The Southwest Chief pulls into Lamy, NM on 2/14/2009.
The Southwest Chief at Raton, NM on 4/12/2009.
California Zephyr at Yuba Gap on Donner Pass on 4/17/2009.
Surfliner 763 arrived atSanta Ana on 5/2/2009 to take me to the joint RailPAC/NRAP Meeting in MTA Board Room at the Gateway Center, Los Angeles.
At LAUPT, I met my old friend, Beech Grove, and took this picture of it.
Amtrak CEO Joseph Boardman spoke at this meeting and after I met him for a minute, shook his hand and passed him one of my business cards.
The eastbound California Zephyr passed through Mendota, IL on 5/23/2009.
The westbound California Zephyr passed through Mendota on 5/23/2009.
The Southwest Chief arrived inMendota on 5/23/2009.
The California Zephyr returned to Sherman Hill on a detour trip on 7/7/2009
A very late running Southwest Chief in Kingman Canyon, Arizona on 7/15/2009.
Hiawatha Service Train 331 at Glenview on 7/23/2009.
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Blue Water 364 at Battle Creek on 7/23/2009.
Pacific Surfliner 763 came into Santa Ana on 8/3/2009.
Coast Starlight passengers in Los Angeles now have a pre-trip reception in the Traxx Bar at Union Station before their northbound trips on 8/3/2009.
The Empire Builder at Whitefish, MT on 8/5/2009.
Amtrak pulled the NRHS "Lake Superior Limited" from the Twin Cities to Duluth for the NRHS 2009 Convention. The passengers got some true rare mileage when, due to track work, the train detoured via the old Northern Pacific Freight Line to leave the Twin Cities on 8/11/2009.
Amtrak pulled the NRHS "The Duluth & Grand Rapids Day Express" on 8/15/2009 at Brookston, Minnesota doing a photo runby with the Great Northern Hustle Muscle on the point of our train. The next day Amtrak returned the all-private car train back to the Twin Cities.
The eastbound Sunset Limited at Palm Springs on 8/28/2009.
Surfliner 768 heading to Los Angeles at Chatsworth on 10/10/2009.
Surfliner 799 at Chatsworth on 10/10/2009.
Surfliner 792 in Price Canyon with the Overland Trail doing a Wine Train Trip on 10/10/2009.
Coast Starlight 11 crosses the Steener Trestle north of San Luis Obispo on 10/10/2009.
Coast Starlight 11 south of San Luis Obispo on 10/10/2009.
Amtrak ran the Barstow Flyer from Los Angeles to Barstow on 10/17/2009.
Amtrak ran the Trains and Travel Feather River Express The Return of the California Zephyr Trip here on the Keddie Wye about to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the completion on the Western Pacific Railroad on 11/1/2009.
Amtrak 390 Saluki passing through Ashley, Illinois on 12/4/2009.
The eastbound Southwest Chief passed through Cardy, Missouri on 12/5/2009.
The westbound Southwest Chief at La Junta on 12/6/2009.
The eastbound Southwest Chief comes into La Plata. 12/30/2009