(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
Pismo Beach, CA on Coast Starlight from LA to Sacramento, CA
North Hollywood Back Lot, Coast Starlight from LA to Sacramento, CA
On the right you can see the faux trunks of trees undoubtedly used on film and tv sets. The unexpected place where dreams are made.
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
Little League Game in Dogtown Los Angeles, Coast Starlight from LA to Sacramento, CA
Captured a slice of life - kids playing a game of baseball and making a play.
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
Coast Starlight Arrives for Boarding at LA Union Startion
The delighted child in me giggles with anticipation!
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
Sunrise, Phelan, California, Mojave Desert, Southwest Chief from Chicago, IL to LA, CA
Miles from Dear One
Do you see the sunrise too?
I wish we shared this
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
Cerrillo, New Mexico on Southwest Chief from Chicago, IL to LA, CA
clouds and crevices
wanderings tethered by rails
distance unmeasured
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
Valmora, NM on Southwest Chief from Chicago, IL to LA, CA
Contemplating life
Wondering which road to take
The gate is open
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
Rothville, MO Sunset Rainbow on Southwest Chief from Chicago, IL to LA, CA
The gift of sunset
This ever-changing skyscape
Is this every day?
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
Rothville, MO on the Southwest Chief from Chicago, IL to LA, CA
Above earth painting
Mixing color temperaments
Mixing color temperaments
The artist is within us
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
Kahoka, MO on the Southwest Chief from Chicago, IL to LA, CA
So much drama in divine light.
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
River Park, IA on the Southwest Chief from Chicago, IL to LA, CA
Floating detritus in the Mississippi River while storm clouds rally in the distance.
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
Fort Madison, IA on the Southwest Chief from Chicago, IL to LA, CA
Mississippi River with God Light rays after a storm.
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
Dallas City, IL on the Southwest Chief from Chicago, IL to LA, CA
A brief rain diffuses the light both in the fields and on the train window.
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
Crawford Still, Indiana on the Cardinal from Washington, DC to Chicago, IL
Enveloped in fog the subtle and soft landscape is painted by the farmer's plow.
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
Clifton Forge, Virginia, Cardinal from Washington, DC to Chicago, IL
Kitten caught my attention as it seems quite feminine and reminds me that graffiti is a proclamation of voice, space and presence - sometimes love. Did Kitten create this tag or is it an ode to Kitten? Perhaps it is a reminder about Kittens themselves.
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
Cardinal Mural, Orange Virginia, Cardinal from DC to Chicago
How appropriate that I spot this Cardinal mural in Orange, Virginia while on the Amtrak Cardinal. As we passed through the town construction workers paused their train track work, smiled and waved at us. There was delight in their smiles, like little boys marveling at the train. Is it an American tradition to wave at trains? Or, perhaps human nature to wave bon voyage as people pass your home town bound for some kind of adventure. I always wave as a passenger or a bystander. It feels so good to see and be seen.
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
Fallen Hero Memorial - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, William H. Gray III 30th Street Station
The juxtaposition of the highly glossy figurative memorial against the linear scaffolding and stained glass windows combined with the wifi promotion caught my eye.
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
Metropolitan Lounge View, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania William H. Gray III 30th Street Station
Windows in the Philadelphia Amtrak Metro Lounge feature bands of Pennsylvania Rail Road ornaments as an architectural feature. I was attracted to the linear squares and rectangles as well as the lighting. My eye was also drawn to the girl and man having a conversation as a private moment in a very public space. To emphasize the art deco features and yesteryear feel I transformed this into a black and white image.
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
Track 5, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania William H. Gray III 30th Street Station
Waiting for delayed 161 Northeast Regional
with a quiet moment to capture the empty track and platform.
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
Gap, Pennsylvania on Pennsylvanian, Pittsburgh to Philadelphia
I was attracted to the grain silos that look like follies you see in the UK landscapes. This image captured the silos and a post, aligned in a diagonal with the railroad framing the bottom of the image. The sky is so different from what I experience in California and adds another dimension to each image.
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
Near North Braddock, Pennsylvania on Pennsylvanian, Pittsburgh to Philadelphia
The lush green forest caught my eye and only after did I notice the clouds forming like rays of light.
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
Huntington, Pennsylvania on the Pennsylvanian from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia
I shot this image as a freight train passed and I had no idea what the camera would capture as we moved in opposite directions across the landscape. To my delight this was a resulting image and it has some very special components that speaks to me. First, there is heart graffiti that shows 1.5 hearts - my favorite symbol. Next, the letters AOK are displayed on the tank car. AK are my initial and with an O in the center I feel reassured that I will be A OK.
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
Logan Township, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvanian from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia
The conductor gave us a heads up that this is the “world famous horseshoe curve”. I suppose there are a number of these remarkable moments, similar to the one climbing up to Colorado heading west on the Zephyr and the Coast Starlight wandering its way to San Luis Obispo. Here you can see the tail of the train and I am in the first passenger car. As a Californian I am continuously surprised by the lush green landscape, even though I grew up on the East Coast.
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
Pennsylvanian from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia at Pittsburgh Union Station
I arrived 15 minutes before departure and as a Business Class passenger they let me head up to the tracks. The early morning peacefulness before departure was a quiet moment. Unfortunately, I had missed the other Business Class passengers and so the conductor assumed I was coach class. 20 minutes into our journey I realized I was in Coach Class and had to drag my bag through the train aisles to get to Business Class where the seats were much less luxurious. The conductor blamed me at first and then apologized. But I think that we both just assumed something and didn't actually communicate. This can happen at 7:30am.
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
Foresthill, California, Zephyr from Chicago, Illinois to Sacramento, California.
(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
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Pismo Beach, CA on Coast Starlight from LA to Sacramento, CA
The pattern of hay bales with wildflowers in the foreground and hills in the background caught my eye. (c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
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divine light calls forth illuminating distanced clouds dance above calm waters (c) 2025 Amy Kweskin
