Public (dirt) roads connect the sidings of Wash, Mounds, and Cedar in the desert of Utah. Not far west of Cedar is a cut that offers great shots of eastbounds in morning and early afternoon light.... (more)
It is 9:30am and Amtrak 6 is running about 45 minutes late. This picture was taken from atop one of the many dirt mounds that can be found in the desert. This particular mound is about halfway bet... (more)
Ex-SP FP7 6455 leads Amtrak westbound San Francisco Zephyr down Donner Pass' west slope at Towle.
Heading east through St. Paul to Chicago
The California Zephyr passes Point Pinole on its way east.
Amtrak's California Zephyr running 1 hour and 21 mintues late going east.
We waited for three hours on this hillside overlooking Shed 10 on Donner Pass before any trains arrived.
P42DC 81 gets rooted
Passengers are seen detraining.
About to go under I-80 east of Emigrant Gap
The eastbound California Zephyr is stopped at Norden to meet its westbound counterpart, train #5, on a snowy Donner Pass.