The California Zephyr climbs the Rookies on its westward trek. I lost my breath twice on this shot, first the hike up, and then the view from the rocks! For a just off the plane, flat-lander from ... (more)

Ahhh, Spring in Colorado! 3-6 inches of snow fell overnight going into the morning of April 7th. 14 miles west of Denver, the California Zephyr charges westbound through the still-falling white st... (more)

The California Zephyr, led by AMTK 15 & 165, comes out of the Winter Park range and drops down into Fraser for a brief stop to pick up a few passengers before continueing on to California. Fresh s... (more)

On a spectacular late winter morning, Amtrak's California Zephyr curves through the Red Narrows area of Spanish Fork Canyon. UP Dispatcher 78 has lined train #6 east up main 1 to overtake a slower... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr rambles through the ghost town of Thistle, Utah on it's journey east to Chicago, Illinois.

These passengers seem to have been caught off-guard by climate change as several Amtrak on-board personnel go all out to assist them in loading their ski equipment onto the eastbound California Z... (more)

Amtrak #5 is about 12 minutes late (even though it arrived in Denver about 15 minutes early), seen here approaching Tunnel 1 on Colorado's Front Range on a glorious morning.

A very tardy California Zephyr train #6 rambles east along Castle Gate in Utah's Price River Canyon.

The eastbound Zephyr approaches the Floriston crossovers with fall color (what passes for it) at it's peak.

Trying to beat the clouds, 322 and 320 head up through the first section of Gilluly on the way up to Soldier Summit with eastbound #6 California Zephyr in August 1985.

The California Zephyr heads west through Burns on a very warm September afternoon.

With slightly less vegetation that today, a 150 minute late eastbound Californian Zephyr takes the diversionary route to the Thistle tunnels on the climb up to Soldier Summit behind 322 and 320 in... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr rolls through the east end of Glenwood Canyon along the Colorado River right on time, a not so common event on the UP.

SP Track One over Donner Pass, the original Central Pacific route, dramaticaly showed what the CP was up against when it built over Donner in 1866 with hand tools and black powder. But being on a... (more)