California Zephyr trains typically round Arnold Loop during the midnight hours, so riders were treated to a daytime trip on this 12-hour late train. Also bringing up the rear is a Zephyr original,... (more)

Both westbound and eastbound California Zephyr trains typically meet on or near the Salt Flats during the midnight hour, but passengers on this 12-hour late train were treated to a daytime trip ac... (more)

Both westbound and eastbound California Zephyr trains typically meet on or near the Salt Flats during the midnight hour. This 12-hour late train departed from Salt Lake City about twenty minutes e... (more)

The westbound California Zephyrs typically traverse Soldier Summit between 7-9 PM, but this 12-hour late train gave riders a daytime view. On the tail is the Silver Solarium dome observation car.

Running 12 hours and 21 minutes behind schedule, Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr makes a rare daylight run over Soldier Summit on July 17, 2015.

Amtrak train #5, the westbound San Francisco Zephyr, passes through Emilgrant Gap in the high Sierra on March 18th, 1978. Led by SDP40Fs 598 and 620, this train is just a couple hundred mi... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr made a rare daylight appearance through Utah's Jordan Narrows on June 12, 2015. Train 5 was running 21 hours and 18 minutes behind schedule due to a freight train derail... (more)

A shot you should never see of Amtrak in the daylight. Today I was able to photograph a 21 hour late Amtrak just above the old town of Thistle in Spanish Fork Canyon. The start of the Red Narrows ... (more)

On a rainy night I was able to photograph Amtrak #5 with heritage unit 66 and Union Pacific Salt Lake Olympics unit 2002 at Salt Lake Cities Amtrak station. 2002 was in town to commemorate 10 year... (more)

Climbing through a snowy Crescent, Colorado, on March 19, 1998, is Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr.

Amtrak No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, stops traffic on Virginia Street in Reno, Nevada, on March 11, 2003. The city happened to be changing light bulbs from clear to green on the famous s... (more)

Amtrak No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, is about to thread 78-foot Tunnel 29 east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on March 2, 2006.

Amtrak train No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, exits Tunnel 8 and curves around the former location of Tunnel 9 on a 2 percent grade through the tunnel district west of Plainview, Colorado, ... (more)

Amtrak No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, climbs the two-percent grade toward Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, Colorado, on April 22, 2006. In a few moments, the train will circle Big 10 Curve and... (more)

My wife Katie holds our 6-month old Beagle Riley, as they watch Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr climb the two-percent grade toward Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, Colorado, on April 22, 2006. W... (more)