If you like railroading, we hope you'll make this a frequent stop in your journeys on the World Wide Web.
| Welcome to ON TRACK ON LINE |
| Welcome! This is the home of the premier on-line Amtrak roster. We also offer hints and tips for riding Auto Train, listening to railroad operations while traveling on Amtrak, as well as a few unique photo galleries and a collection of historical trip reports. We hope you will find the material here interesting and educational. We'll be happy to try to answer your questions and address your concerns. You may contact us via our "Meet Leaders" page.
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AMTRAK BY THE NUMBERS:2 Available For Immediate Delivery!
 Our Amtrak Roster is the best publicly available roster of Amtrak equipment on the Web, and is updated frequently with equipment changes. Visit our Amtrak By the Numbers page to keep your copy of this comprehensive equipment history book up-to-date.
Amtrak By the Numbers:2, the sequel to the sold out 2011 premier Amtrak roster book, is now available to order here. ABTN:2 contains over 660 color photos, reformatted data pages, comprehensive details of numbers used more than once, and numbers intended to be used, but which weren't. Get your copy from the authors now, before this book, too, sells out. Click here for an order form.
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The METROLINERS Still Available to Purchase |
The Metroliners was published in 2016 by White River Productions. Relive the history of this remarkable train service that became synonymous with business travel in the Northeast and arguably saved intercity passenger rail service in the United States. Visit our Metroliner Conversions page where you can find a link to an order form.
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| THEY'RE BACK! OTOL Forums & OTOL Chat |
| We are thrilled to announce our forums and chat features have been restored. The links in the upper left of the green menu will take you to these new features. The FORUMS are now being held on the group.io platform.
The Sunday night CHATS are hosted on Slack.
When you click on the Forums or Chat links a new browser window will open up, and you will have to log into the individual feature.
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| Amtrak Travel Tips |
Our Amtrak Travel Tips are temporarily unavailable, but we continue to offer a section of tips for Amtrak's unique Auto Train that lets you take your car with your between the Washington, DC, metropolitan area and central Florida.
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| Amtrak Radio Frequencies |
Amtrak trains use the radio frequencies of the Host Railroads over which Amtrak trains run. Our Amtrak Frequencies section lists the AAR channels and frequencies Amtrak uses on each of its routes, with specific data about each route segment.
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| Urban Transit References |
Our listing of urban rail systems will let you know what's available before you arrive (hopefully by train.)
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| Trip Reports |
Frequent visitors have submitted hundreds of trip reports over the years, and you can find them in our trip reports section. The trip reports section has instructions for submitting your own report.
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| Photo Gallery |
We have a unique selection of photos submitted through the years by visitors.
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| Danny Boehr/Al Tuner "Muse From Here" Archive |
Our Danny Boehr/Al Tuner - The Muse From Here Archive section pays homage to long-time friend of this site's original webmasters. Even after 20 years, Danny's writings still touch the heart of railfans.
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Amtrak Disclaimer:Amtrak does not endorse this page, nor does it sponsor this or any other On Track On Line page. Amtrak sources were used to compile the roster, but the roster does not represent an official Amtrak roster, nor is the roster information endorsed by Amtrak. Similarly, information contained on the Amtrak Travel Tips, Auto Train Tips and Radio Frequencies was compiled by riders of the trains, and is not endorsed by Amtrak.
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