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TrainWeb.US/amtrakfan - Amtrak Fan
Photography Travelogs by Jonathon Ortiz including La Plata Trip Report, Chris Guenzler's Millionth Amtrak Mile Trip, Amtrak Dome Car Interior & Exterior, Amtrak Trip To California State Railroad Museum, and Photography Portfolio.
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★★★ Amtrak Photo Archive by Geno Dailey TrainWeb.org/amtrakpix
Geno Dailey's Amtrak Photo Archive. A collection of Amtrak photos and travelogues from beautiful Upstate New York and Across America.
TrainWeb.US/andy - Andy's Journeys Through America's Backyard
Welcome to Andy's Journeys. This website shares with you my travels aboard some of Amtrak's finest long-distance trains. Many of these travelogues have been taken from the articles I've written for travel magazines and expanded upon...
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TrainWeb.US/asamtrak911 - Amtrak Prototype & Model
This gallery contains my collection of photographs of prototype equipment. Most of the photos are of Amtrak trains, but I have included some miscellaneous photos taken when I was on vacation. Since the majority...
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TrainWeb.US/ben - Train Travelogues of Ben "Dutch" Myers
Many rail travelogues and photos especially from travel on Amtak trains including travel to the efforts to create the Silver Rails Resort and Silver Rails Country in La Plata, Missouri, plus a visit to the Strasburg Railroad Museum...
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TrainWeb.org/bobx/AMT03A.htm - Bob's RR Pix
Photos and comments from an Amtrak Empire Builder Trip from Winona, MN, to Seattle, WA, in November 2003. It included 2 nights and 1 day on a trip that covered 1900 miles. Photos of the train and scenery along the way...
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TrainWeb.org/chris - Ride The Rails With Chris Guenzler
I have ridden over 1,700,000 miles on the rails! That is equal to over 68 times around the world! I have ridden trains in all 50 states and have traveled on every Amtrak route at least twice, plus all the trains of...
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TrainWeb.US/delmonte - Mr. Toy's Train Travel Tales
Many photos and detailed travelogues from several Amtrak rail trips by Jim & Heidi Toy on the Amtrak Coast Starlight as well as an Amtrak California Zephyr and Caltrain Ballgame rail trip. A feature of the Del Monte Club Car and the Monterey Peninsula Toy Box...
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☆☆☆ Rail Travel Trip Reports & Photos by Fred Dunn TrainWeb.US/dunn
TrainWeb.US/f59phi450 - Amtrak Surfliner Photos & More
Over 1000 photos of Amtrak Surfliner locomotives, passenger cars, plus Metrolink and San Diego Coaster Trains, as well as Southern California Train Stations, Freight Trains, Movie Clips, Rosters, and...
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TrainWeb.US/henrykisor - Henry Kisor's Rail Travels
Hundreds of rail travel photos and many rail travel commentaries including Amtrak and Via Rail. About Henry: I'm a retired newspaper writer and editor and the author of seven books, one of which is Zephyr: Tracking a Dream Across America, about life aboard Amtrak's California Zephyr in the early 1990s. My wife and I are lifetime train travelers and every now and then I drag out my Bachmann G scale Ten-Wheeler trainset and set it up on the basement floor for the grandchildren...
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TrainWeb.US/johnturner - Rail Travel Reports & Photos by John Turner
Honeymoon In The Great North including photos and report from the White Pass & Yukon Route railroad between Skagway, Alaska, and Carcross in the Yukon Territory, Canada. Also a report and photos from the Gem Of The Northwest, a ride on ONR's Northlander. Having ridden VIA Rail to Toronto on several occasions throughout the years, I would always take note whenever the Northlander would pass outside the window. It was hard not to. With its flashy yellow, blue, and...
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TrainWeb.US/joy - Tracking Down Starlight
Amtrak Coast Starlight Travelogue & Photos by Joy Basso. A train trip between Fullerton and Oakland, California on the Coast Starlight. We arrived at the Fullerton Train Station in plenty of time to take photos, read the plaques proudly displayed around the...
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TrainWeb.US/kimura - Mike Kimura's Home Page
Over 100 railroad travel photographss including Amtrak Coast Starlight Los Angeles to Portland Oregon, Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Car Line, Archived RailCam Photos of the Amtrak Coast Starlight from 2004, 2003 and 2002, Modified Centennial RailCam Page, Model Trains at the L.A. County Fair, Metrolink Train Accident Photo, ATSF 3751 at Tehachapi, plus Train GIFs...
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TrainWeb.US/kitbaker - The Essex Turn Amtrak Rail Travelogue by Kit Baker
We travel for two reasons: first, to get there, and second, for the journey. For me, the journey's the thing. Even in the midst of taking people around this country by airliner, I became an inveterate train fan. This trip was hatched out of my belief that...
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TrainWeb.US/moksrail - Missouri-Kansas Rail Passenger Coalition
Features over 500 photos of Amtrak trains and scenery along the Amtrak Southwest Chief and Amtrak Missouri Mules routes. Although MOKSRAIL dissolved in 2005, this website reveals the efforts made in 2005 to preserve Amtrak routes in the face of government efforts to reduce funding and to eliminate some of Amtrak's routes...
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TrainWeb.org/outsidetherails - Outside The Rails
Featuring a decade of railroad news, trip reports & more 2014 - 2024 by Robert Tabern of Midwest Rail Rangers, an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides live on-board educational programs on...
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TrainWeb.US/reynolds - Steven Reynolds.
Amtrak Travel, Photo Gallery, Railfan Photos including extensive Amtrak travelogues with photos from 1996 through 2001 especially in California with a few cross-country Amtrak trips. Also numerous railfanning photos and scanner recordings...
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TrainWeb.org/richard - Richard Elgenson Rail Travels & Photos.
Rail travelogues and photos especially of Amtrak, the Alaska Railroad, Grand Canyon Limited, Feather River Express, Operation Lifesaver Officer-on-a-Train, Trucker-on-the-Train, National Train Day, Santa Fe 3751, Union Pacific Family Days, and more...
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☆☆☆ Rail Travelogues and Photo Essays by Rick Chase TrainWeb.US/rick
TrainWeb.org/robin - Robin Bowers Train Travel Trips
Includes over 100 rail travel reports and more than 15,000 photos from many annual National Railway Historical Society (NRHS) conventions, Amtrak Coast Starlight trips L.A. to Seattle, Golden Spike 150 in 2019 and various other rail trips...
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TrainWeb.com/slides - Slideshows of Steve's Amtrak Travels.
Slideshows of Steve Grande's Amtrak Travels in the mid to late 1990's including the Sunset Limited, Southwest Chief, California Zephyr, Empire Builder, Coast Starlight, the last Desert Wind, and even an extensive tour of the Amtrak Chicago Yard and Car Shops...
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TrainWeb.org/sunsetfriends - Sunset Friends.
Amtrak's Sunset Limited (Amtrak Trains 1 and 2) is one of America's oldest passenger train routes. Originally developed by the Southern Pacific Railroad in the 19th Centrury, the Sunset has spanned the Sun Belt since before that name became popular, connecting...
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TrainWeb.org/theattic - Ron Goodenow's Attic
The Attic is a personal museum, drawing on the stash of items I've collected -- and am still collecting -- in my railway and other travels. I'm including visits to museums and shortlines, profiles of American and foreign carriers, timetables...
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TrainWeb.US/toddsamtrakphotos - Todd's Amtrak Travel
A compilation of various Amtrak photographs. I have logged more than 20,000 miles on Amtrak over 16 years. Featured are a travelogue of an Amtrak Empire Builder trip in June 2002, photos from an Amtrak California Zephyr trip in June 2003, and more...
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TrainWeb.org/tony - Tony's Amtrak Travels
Photos and trip reports of my many adventures riding the rails across America including Amtrak Lake Shore Limited, Amtrak Southwest Chief, Amtrak Sunset Limited, Amtrak California Zephyr, Amtrak Texas Eagle, Amtrak Coast Starlight, and more...
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TrainWeb.org/usabyrail - USA by Rail
The USA by Rail guide book, fully updated in this latest Eighth edition, reveals in entertaining fashion the unique pleasures of North American train travel with Amtrak and VIA Rail. John Pitt has travelled more than 75,000 miles by train in the USA and Canada and his book, published by Bradt Travel Guides, features comprehensive route guides as well as all the practical information you need to make reservations, buy tickets and find your way around strange train stations. There are maps to accompany each route guide, making it easy to plan your itinerary and get the most from an Amtrak or VIA Rail pass. Details of Amtrak...
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TrainWeb.org/usarail - USA Rail Guide
Passenger Railroad Guide - An Amtrak Stations Database that includes extensive photos and information of almost all of the Amtrak Stations plus some VIA Rail Canada Stations. A Japanese Version is also provided...
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TrainWeb.US/wizzle - Wizzle on Rails
Travel on Western Amtrak Routes including travelogues, photos, route & station informaion for Surfliner, Coast Starlight, San Joaquin, Coast Starlight, Southwest Chief, Empire Builder and California Zephyr...
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TrainWeb.US/xcrr5375 - 7300 Mile Amtrak Trip With Photos
Two Coasts, 7300+ Miles, 9 Days, Cross Country Amtrak rail travelogue with photos. Though this Amtrak rail travelogue with photos is from over 20 years ago, the Amtrak routes and train equipment as of 2025 are still the same as when this travel report was posted. The sights you will...
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