Glenwood Springs is a very popular destination among Amtrak passengers. The hot springs pool, located across the Colorado River and I-70 from the depot, is a lot of fun any time of year! Here, a g... (more)

Not a lot runs on the old DRGW mainline in the Utah Desert these days. A handful of manifests, maybe a coal train or two and the California Zephyr is about it in any given 24 hour period. That sai... (more)

Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, rumbles through Crescent, Colorado on the morning of March 10, 2013. Amtrak heritage locomotive No. 145 painted in “phase III” paint scheme leads the train... (more)

Amtrak P42DC #41 sits idling on the point of westbound California Zephyr train #5 at the Emeryville Amtrak station. Emeryville is the Zephyr's final station stop before terminating at the Amtrak c... (more)

Amtrak’s No. 5, the California Zephyr, climbs the Front Range of the Rockies on the morning on May 30, 2011. The fog is lifting off the Flatirons west of Plainview, Colorado, as the train thread... (more)

Curving through a lunar-like landscape approaching Floy, Utah, on August 4, 1996, is Amtrak’s California Zephyr. On the point of No. 6 this day is General Electric P40DC No. 822, with an EMD F40... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr glides east through Spanish Fork Canyon at the foot of 10,685 ft. Mt. Loafer.

On its westward trek across the Rocky Mountains, Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr catches the morning sun near Kremmling on the former Rio Grande Moffat Tunnel route.

Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 glides east through Spanish Fork Canyon amid colorful oak brush near Castilla.

The snowy flanks of 10,687 ft. Mt. Loafer frame Amtrak's California Zephyr running east through Spanish Fork Canyon on New Year's Eve, 1992.

Amtrak’s California Zephyr crosses McDonald Creek under the imposing cliff of Dodge’s Bluff just east of Utaline, Colorado, on June 13, 2009. This portion of this former Rio Grande route is al... (more)

Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, approaches Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado, on June 13, 2011. Leading the westbound train is Amtrak “Heritage” P42DC No. 145 in Amtrak’s “Phase 3�... (more)

Amtrak’s California Zephyr, train No. 5, glides through the snow at Kings Crossing west of Winter Park, Colorado, on a snowy January 3, 2004.

Late day shadows are ascending up the steep canyon walls of spectacular Ruby Canyon east of Utaline, Colorado, on August 4, 1996. A late-running Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, cruises along ... (more)

A 21 car California Zephyr train #6 takes an early morning tour of the former D&RGW in Spanish Fork Canyon. Train lengths such as this were common when Amtrak hauled refrigerator cars of perishabl... (more)