45 Day USA Rail Pass Trip
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Greyhound bus from Los Angeles to Oakland prior to boarding at Los Angeles, CA (2015)
Train 11 "Coast Starlight" calling at Emeryville, CA (2015)
Southbound "Coast Starlight" seen at Emeryville, CA (2015)
Train 6 "California Zephyr" pulling into Emeryville station (2015)
California Zephyr calling at Green River, UT (2015)
Amtrak Superliner Coach car (2015)
Launch car on the California Zephyr (2015)
Train 6 "California Zephyr" calling at Glenwood Springs, CO (2015)
California Zephyr calling at Denver, CO (2015)
After 32+ hours Denver, CO was reached (2015)
Colorado State Capitol in Denver, CO (2015)
UP's Big Boy 4005 seen at the Forney Transportation Museum in Denver, CO (2015)
Finally after a 7 hour delay Train 7 "California Zephyr" has reached Denver, CO (2015)
Departing the brand new terminal in Denver, CO on next day's eastbound "California Zephyr"
Arriving at Chicago Union Station (2015)
Willis Tower in Chicago, IL with L' train (2015)
Going on Chicago's L'train Pink line (2015)
A Metra train calling at Chicago Van Buren Street station (2015)
A Metra train seen at Chicago LaSalle Street station (2015)
Overview of Chicago LaSalle Street station (2015)
A Metra train seen at Chicago Museum Campus/11 th Street station (2015)
The Burlington Pioneer Zephyr seen on display at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry (2015)
Boarding train 59 "City of New Orleans" at Chicago Union Station (2015)
City of New Orleans calling at Greenwood, MS (2015)
Train 59 "City of New Orleans" seen at New Orleans, LA (2015)
Jackson Square and St. Charles Cathedral in New Orleans, LA (2015)
Train 20 "Crescent"
The Crescent calling at Atlanta station (2015)
MLK's home in Atlanta, GA (2015)
Flight from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale (2015)
Miami South Beach, FL (2015)
Boarding train 98 "Silver Meteor" at Atlanta station (2015)
Preparations for the departure of train 98 "Silver Meteor" bound for New York Penn Station (2015)
Silver Meteor calling Kissimmee, FL (2015)
Next day's "Silver Meteor" approaching Kissimmee, FL (2015)
Train 98 "Silver Meteor" calling at Kissimmee, FL (2015)
Reaching Washington D.C. on the "Silver Meteor" (2015)
Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (2015)
A Siemens ACS-64 engine seen at Washington Union Station (2015)
A Virgina Railway Express train seen at Washington Union Station (2015)
Plattform view of Washington Union Station (2015)
Boarding Northeast Regional No. 196 at Washington D.C. Union Station (2015)
Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, PA (2015)
The big apple (2015)
New York Subway (2015)
Brooklyn Bridge and One World Center (2015)
Plattform view at New York's Grand Central station (2015)
Northeast Regional 190 after arrival at Boston South Station (2015)
An Amfleet car seen in service on train 190 after arrival at Boston South Station (2015)
Boston, MA (2015)
A Boston subway blue line train bound for Wonderland (2015)
Acela train sets seen at Boston South Station (2015)
Two Acela train sets seen together with train 449 "Lake Shore Limited"
A 'T' train calling at Boston South Station (2015)
Acela train set 2005 calling at Boston South Station (2015)
Departing Boston, MA on train 449 "Lake Shore Limited"
Switching to train 49 "Lake Shore Limited" at Albany, NY (2015)
Arriving in Chicago Union Station on train 49 "Lake Shore Limited" (2015)
Lake Shore Limited after arrival at Chicago Union Station (2015)
Calling Chicago, IL (2015)
A class GE P42DC seen at Chicago Union Station (2015)
Two Metra trains seen at Chicago Union Station (2015)
Boarding the westbound "Empire Builder" at Chicago Union Station (2015)
Train 7 "Empire Builder" calling at Minot, ND (2015)
Train 7 "Empire Builder" passing through North Dakota (2015)
Entering into Washington State on the "Empire Builder"
Train 7 "Empire Builder" after arrival from Chicago, IL to Seattle King Street Station (2015)
Seattle King Street Station (2015)
Seattle, WA (2015)
Train 501 "Amtrak Cascades" prior to departure from Seattle King Street Station (2015)
Boarding the "Amtrak Cascade" no. 501 at Seattle King Street Station (2015)
Departing from Seattle King Street Station (2015)
Train 27 "Empire Builder" after arrival from Chicago, IL to Portland, OR (2015)
Train 501 calling at Portland, OR (2015)
Portland, OR (2015)
A F40PH engine seen at Portland, OR (2015)
Boarding for Amtrak Cascades train 507 at Portland, OR (2015)
Train 11 "Coast Starlight" calling at Salem, OR (2015)
Train 11 "Coast Starlight" reaching Los Angeles Union Station (2015)
Coast Starlight has arrived at Los Angeles Union Station (2015)
USA 45 days by rail:
Route: Los Angeles - Bay Area - Denver - Chicago - New Orleans - Atlanta - Miami - Orlando - Washington D.C. - Philadelphia - New York - Boston - Chicago - Seattle - Portland - Salem - Los Angeles
More than 10 000 miles (16 000 km) crossing through 35 states on 14 different trains for more than 200 hours.
More details:
New York
Air Train JFK with skyline of Manhattan in the background (2012)
Acela Express 2175 bound for Washington D.C. prior to departure at Boston South Station (2018)
Acela Express 2175 and Northeast Regional 177 seen at Boston South (2018)
Boston South Station
Los Angeles Union Station
Overview of LA Union Station with various Metrolink trains (2014)
Two Metrolink train sets resting in the morning sun at LA Union Station (2014)
A San Bernardino (left) and Orange County (right) Line train seen boarding at Union Station (2014)
Another Metrolink train set seen at Los Angeles Union Station (2014)
A Metrolink Hyundai Rotem cab car seen together with a Amtrak GE Genesis at Union Station (2014)
While the San Bernardion Line has already left, the Metrolink 662 (middle) to Oceanside is still boarding (2014)
Metrolink 662 of the Orange County Line bound for Oceanside seen at LA Union Station (2014)
Two Metro Link cab cars and a Pacific Surfliner cab car in the background (2015)
Train 14 "Coast Starlight" bound for Seattle close to departure from LA Union Station (2015)
Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 565 after arrival from San Diego seen at Los Angeles Union Station (2014)
Pacific Surfliner 573 after arrival from San Diego at LA Union Station (2015)
Pacific Surfliner train 580 to San Diego seen at LA Union Station (2015)
Two EMD F59PH locomotives in service with Metrolink seen at Union Station (2014)
Afternoon rush at LA Union Station with trains bound for San Bernardino, Oceanside and Lancaster (2014)
Two sisters of the EMD F59PH series in Metrolink service seen at LA Union Station (2014)
And more diesel power seen here at Los Angeles Union Station (2014)
EMD F59PH No. 852 seen with a Metrolink train set at LA Union Station (2015)
Two Hyundai Rotem cab cars seen resting in the afternoon sun at LA Union Station (2014)
Busy afternoon at LA Union Station with five Metro Link trains seen standing next to each other (2015)
Metrolink 665 from Oceanside after arrival at its terminus LA Union Station (2014)
The 4:00 pm train to San Bernardino Metrolink 366 seen departing from LA Union Station (2014)
Metrolink 662 service to Oceanside before departure seen at LA Union Station (2015)
A MPI MPXpress locomotive in Metrolink service seen at LA Union Station, in the background an Amtrak Pacific Surfliner can be seen as well (2014)
A EMD F59PH seen together with a MPI MPXpress at LA Union Station both in Metrolink service (2014)
Night falls over LA Union Station (2014)
Three Metrolink Hyundai Rotem cab cars seen in the last sunlight at LA Union Station (2014)
The 5:35 pm Metrolink 368 to San Bernardino boarding at Union Station in Los Angeles (2014)
Metrolink 368 of the San Bernardino Line seen at LA Union Station (2014)
Boarding for the Amtrak 4 "Southwest Chief" has begun at LA Union Station (2014)
Superliner sleeping cars seen on the Southwest Chief at LA Union Station (2014)
EMD F59PHI seen next to a GE Genesis which is going to haul the Southwest Chief towards Chicago (2014)
The Southwest Chief Los Angeles-Chicago seen prior to departure at Los Angeles Union Station (2014)
Two MPI MPXpress locomotives in different Metrolink color scheme at LA Union Station (2014)
Pacific Surfliner Train 769 arriving from San Diego at LA Union Station (2014)
Amtrak 463 hauling Pacific Surfliner 769 bound for Santa Barbara - Goleta (2014)
Special addition to Surfliner 769 the 1940s dome car "Silver Lariat" (2014)
Inside the "Silver Lariat" (2014)
Nice view from the dome of the "Silver Lariat" (2014)
Approaching Santa Barbara on the "Silver Lariat" dome car with 463 hauling the train (2014)
Dome car "Silver Lariat" after arrival in LA Union Station on Pacific Surfliner 796 (2014)
EMD F59PHI No 463 after arrival at Los Angeles Union Station with Pacific Surfliner 796 (2014)
Pacific Surfliner 796 has just arrived at LA Union Station (2014)
Late arrivals at Los Angeles Union Station: On the left Train 11 "Coast Starlight" from Seattle and on the right Train 796 "Pacific Surfliner" from Santa Barbara - Goleta (2014)
Train 11 "Coast Starlight" after arrival from Seattle to its terminus LA Union Station seen together with two Pacific Surfliner trains (2014)
Pacific Surfliner 595 from San Diego to Los Angeles close to arrival at Union Station (2015)
Pacific Surfliner 769 after arrival in Santa Barbara (2014)
"Silver Lariat" dome car in Santa Barbara (2014)
Followed by the dome car are the regular cars of the Pacific Surfliner train 769 here seen at Santa Barbara Station (2014)
Boarding for Pacific Surfliner 796 to Los Angeles Union Station (2014)
Santa Barbara, CA
San Diego, CA
A F40PHM-2C as Coaster service 657 bound for Oceanside seen at San Diego Santa Fe Depot (2015)
Two Coaster train sets seen at San Diego Santa Fe Depot (2015)
On the left is Coaster train 657 and on the right train 655 both bound for Oceanside (2015)
Two Coaster trains seen at San Diego Santa Fe Depot (2015)
Overview of the Santa Fe Depot in San Diego (2015)
Pacific Surfliner 768 from Santa Barbara has arrived at its final destination San Diego Santa Fe Depot (2015)
A San Diego Trolley Green Line train bound for Imperial terminal is departing from Santa Fe Depot (2015)
A Orange Line train boarding at San Diego Santa Fe Depot (2015)
Green Line and Orange Line meeting at Santa Fe Depot (2015)
A Orange Line train arriving at its final destination, Santa Fe Depot, San Diego (2015)
Another Coaster service bound for Oceanside, train 645, still waiting for the late arriving Pacific Surfliner No 768 (2015)
Oceanside, CA
Metrolink 662 from LA Union Station after arrival in Oceanside (2014)
The Orange County Line Metrolink 662 after arrival at its terminus Oceanside (2014)
Burbank, CA
Fullerton, CA
Williams, AZ
