Click on the "Train Tracking Map" box at the top and up pops a US map with the familiar GPS symbol showing where each train is. Then click on that symbol and you get a closeup map of the train's location. Click on the train and you actually get the speed and ontime status of the train.
So right now I see an eastbound Empire Builder raoring through Royalton, MN at 76 mph, heading toward St. Cloud 2 hrs and 40 min late.
Now if I can figure out how to make it interactive, I will speed up the train a little and head to the diner for breakfast.
And the Google Map toggles to satellite view to see the terrain. Now I am watching the eastbound Zephyr passing Aspen Mountain southeast of Evanston, Wyoming at 21 mph on the Overland detour.
notelvis Member # 3071
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Doesn't look like I can make this work from my office....... but many cool things like Youtube and Facebook are firewalled to 'protect our kids'.
Perhaps from home this evening I'll give this a whirl. I don't need to be tracking trains at work anyway!
Ocala Mike Member # 4657
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Thanks for the link, TSR. Right now, #5 is rattling along at 34 mph somewhere past Denver, while #6 is "off the rails" (figuratively) in Wyoming.
Henry Kisor Member # 4776
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If it doesn't work for you, try a different browser. It would not work with Google Chrome on my Mac but worked fine with Safari.
daniel3197 Member # 27
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The live URL link again for Easy Navigation to AMTRAK : www.amtrak.com
This very COOL and AMAZING new Amtrak LIVE GPS Tracking feature works very well for me as I post this. I have SUCCESSFULLY used this feature in the latest version of the following browsers : Google Chrome, Firefox , and, Slimbrowser. Slimbrowser does seem to navigate the Map a Lot slower than my other browsers but it does work albeit slowly. By the way this new info IS Updated at least every 5 minutes and DOES SHOW DETOURING trains -- OFF their regular routes . The Wyoming detour of the Amtrak California Zephyr shows updated locations at least every 5 Minutes if not more often.
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