Amtrak’s “Heritage III” No. 145 is on the point of the eastbound California Zephyr on the afternoon of June 22, 2011. Having just left Plain and passed through Tunnel 1, the train is about t... (more)

AMTK 156 West races the sunset on the planet of Mars, with the California Zephyr in tow... Really, its Eastern Utah, not Mars!

Amtrak No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, climbs through a snowy Crescent, Colorado, on March 19, 1998.

East meets west with Amtrak 5 meeting Amtrak 6 at Azure Siding. 6 will make quick stop to hand off a lost coat for 5 to take back to its owner in Glenwood Springs

Amtrak 5 snakes its way through the nearly continuous curves of Byers Canyon.

On a gorgeous late winter day, the westbound California Zephyr makes its way downgrade towards Glenwood Springs, roughly 15 miles away. Interstate 70, the Colorado River, and a paved recreation p... (more)

California Zephyr arrived its end of line; Emeryville. All its passengers and their baggages were transfered to thruway bus heading to downtown San francisco. The empty train would continue its wa... (more)

Amtrak #5.

It was a hot and tiring day (the three mile hike back to the car after this picture was the worst part), but the pictures of the California Zephyr in this great lunar landscape were worth it.

Amtraks eastbound California Zephyr is about to duck under Interstate 70 west of DeBeque, CO

The eastbound California Zephyr passes by South Canyon just a few miles short of Glenwood Springs, CO. The 1994 South Canyon fire that killed 14 firefighters still shows its scars on the hillsid... (more)

After making a scheduled stop at the Union Pacific depot, Amtrak's California Zephyr departs Helper, Utah for Denver and points east.

Amtrak 6 snakes east through the nearly continuous curves of Byers Canyon.

Travelers on I-80 through the Emigrant Gap area are briefly inconvenienced by a major highway resurfacing project. Passengers aboard the westbound California Zephyr might actually wish they were ... (more)

About 75 miles east of Reno Nevada. The westbound California Zephyr was struck by a empty gravel semi. I took this photo withen 60 seconds of the train stopping. I ran to the front expecting to se... (more)