Two P42DCs lead Amtrak #6 "The California Zephyr" through Platteville, CO. The train in the siding is a loaded Colorado Springs Utilities Coal Load that had to wait for a UP/FRA Track Inspector to... (more)
Amtrak #6, the California Zephyr races southwest along Highway 85 out of the small town of Peckham, CO just before sunset. Passengers get a change in scenery traveling from Salt Lake City to Denve... (more)
Amtrak train No. 6 the eastbound California Zephyr basks in the afternoon sun as races east at Parshall, CO.
Following the curvature of Santa Fe's iconic Raton Pass, Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief makes its daily trek the pass, south of Trinidad enroute to Raton.
On its westward trek across the Rocky Mountains, Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr catches the morning sun near Kremmling on the former Rio Grande Moffat Tunnel route.
Amtrak #6 is seen here crossing the meadowlands near it's next stop at Winter Park/Fraser. It has just passed a Union Pacific coal empty at Tabernash, with #6 taking the siding while the coal trai... (more)
After dropping down grade from Tunnel 1, Amtrak #6, the California Zephyr sweeps around curves on the approach to Blue Mountain Road on their way to Denver and eventually Chicago.
Running late as usual, Amtrak #5 "The California Zephyr" has its dynamic brakes on as they slow for the permanent speed restriction in La Salle as they head north towards Speer and beyond to Emery... (more)
Amtrak #3, led by Phase 4 heritage unit #184, passes the last operating mainline wig-wag in Colorado at Delhi,CO. 8/2/11
Amtrak #198 brings #5, the California Zephyr, slowly through Byers Canyon, Colorado. This is on the Union Pacific's Moffat Tunnel Sub. The loose rock on the steep slopes here require near continuo... (more)
