A rare sight finds the California Zephyr leaving the Cheyenne, Wyoming depot. Flooding in Nebraska damaged sections of track, necessitating the diversion through the northern part of Nebraska and... (more)

Rare Mileage on the Overland Route Rare mileage and Rolling under the famed Ex-Colorado & Southern BNSF Front Range Subdivision 126’ thru truss bridge Amtrak 5 has just left the Cheyen... (more)

For some time Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr, Nos. 5 and 6, made a stop in Cheyenne, WY on their route between Denver and Ogden. This necessitated a runaround move at Cheyenne, as the trains came i... (more)

Train #6 lead by Amtrak 174 passes through the signals at Hermosa, Wyoming. The train was rerouted from Salt Lake City through Wyoming and down to Denver when wildfires made the Moffat Line in th... (more)

Amtrak 174 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr through the signals at Hermosa, Wyoming

Amtrak returns to Dale Creek Junction

Amtrak Number 6, the “California Zephyr” rolls through the Harriman Cutoff past the iconic mountain at Dale Junction on the Union Pa... (more)

AMTK 180 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr through wide open prairie east of The Buttes in Wyoming. Due to a large wildfire blocking the route through the Colorado Rocky Mountains, Amtrak divert... (more)

Rare Mileage through Hermosa Tunnels

Forest fires on the western slope of Colorado close the Moffat Subdivision forcing detouring over the Overland Route to Denver. Amtrak 6 th... (more)

Due to a massive fire in Glenwood Springs that shut down the Moffat Line, the California Zephyr had to detour through Wyoming. Here is Amtrak 155 (P42DC) leading the number 6 train through Hermos... (more)

A rerouted Amtrak train number 5, the California Zephyr makes its way through Peru, Wyoming.

Running towards the early morning sun Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr is approaching Rock Springs having passed the old station site of Kanda. A major maintenance of way project on the train'... (more)

Just days before Amtrak Trains 5 and 6 “San Francisco Zephyr” would discontinue running through Wyoming over the U.P. and take the place of Rio Grande’s “Rio Grande Zephyr” through the R... (more)

Shortly before dawn, Amtrak's "Pere Marquette" takes a spin on the wye before departing for Chicago.

Eastbound Pioneer rolls though Laramie and its classic western style downtown.

Snow covers the ground as the eastbound Pioneer scoots over Sherman Hill.