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Amtrak P42 number 135 leads Amtrak 59 The City of New Orleans south out of Carbondale IL

After a long chase of M442 up to Baldwin, FL in the morning, I decided to set up camp at the northern end of CSX's Moncrief Yard in Jacksonville, FL. Arriving there, I found 2 trains, NS 287 arriving into NS's Simpson yard in the distance and CSX L795 building his train for his return trip north. After seeing Amtrak train #98 was close enough, I drove to the other side of the tracks and within minutes up came Amtrak P098 slowly racing L795 towards its Jacksonville, FL station stop. Leading was a P42 which was a nice treat to end the day.

November 2022, I had set out in the hopes of catching AMTK 161, The Phase 1 Heritage Unit, Solo leading Amtrak P092-25. Here's AMTK P092 at Amtrak Winter Haven station. First opened in 1925, Winter Haven has served many railroads over the years, from serving the Seaboard Airline, to Amtrak, this station has seen it all, including its 1970's Amtrak "Arrow" Logo.

Amtrak 55 leads the southbound City of New Orleans into Brookhaven, Mississippi on the Canadian National Chicago to New Orleans mainline.

Amtrak 50th anniversary unit 161 leads Amtrak 58 the city of New Orleans

AMTK 206 leads Amtrak 8 past CP Red Rock on a cold march morning. While many Amtrak routes still have P42s commonly, this is the last time I've seen a set with only P42s. The Empire Builder now runs with almost exclusively ALC-42s.

Amtrak 98 is slowly coming out of its Orlando, FL station stop on a warm October day beginning its journey to New York City. 98 would have Amtrak 203, the 50th anniversary Operation Lifesaver special interest unit leading the way till D.C. This unit is unique as it is the only yellow Amtrak unit to exist to my knowledge.

The usual dual P42s power the Silver Meteor at Folkston, Georgia on 9/26/21.

Amtrak P097, the daily Silver Meteor running form New York City to Miami, FL, passes through the town of auburndale on a warm November Saturday. Today’s 97 would have Amtrak #160 leading, one of 6 50th anniversary units Amtrak did, this one being the “Pepsi can.” Date taken: 11/18/23.

AMTK #184 is seen leading AMTK #5, The California Zephyr on a warm July afternoon. I'm glad I've gotten the chance to see 184 in person as it would get repainted in early March of 2023, although we have 164 so...oh well.

Amtrak train 94 from Norfolk, VA to Boston, MA comes to a stop at “The Center of the Universe” Ashland, VA on November 15, 2023 with Phase 3 P42DC 164

Amtrak Pennsylvanian train 43 crosses the Little Juniata River outside of Tyrone

Running several hours off schedule for the third time in the past week due to equipment issues in Chicago, Amtrak No. 50 (P050 on CSX), the eastbound "Cardinal", leaves the skyline of the Queen City of Cincinnati behind as it heads east on the former C&O mainline in Newport, Kentucky.

AMTK 203 sporting the operation lifesaver paint scheme leads the southbound City of New Orleans train running on time

Running almost half a day off their normal schedule due to both their own equipment issues and a CSX freight with its own issues blocking them on single track, Amtrak Train No. 50, The Cardinal, crosses the Great Miami River Bridge in Hamilton, Ohio as our middle daughter (and budding railfan) Naomi gives a friendly wave to the passengers and crew. While I'm sure everyone on board was probably frustrated, maybe her little wave brightened someone's day.

Amtrak 160 nicknamed "pepsi can" leads the eastbound Amtrak southwest chief train on the BNSF Marceline sub

Here is Amtrak P029-04 speeding by the small town of Gaithersburg on a Sunday evening!

Amtrak train #58, the northbound City of New Orleans, makes a rare daylight appearance in Centralia running about three hours behind the schedule.

Amtrak special leaves Hornell NY with dense amount of smoke as the train heads westbound out of the city.

AMTK 161 sports the Phase I the paint scheme which was the first paint Amtrak used since they were discovered in 1971. Here is Amtrak 58 with the heritage unit flying 80MPH toward Chicago