Lifting the Snow
Running behind and making up lost time number 5 is blasting into Wiggins, CO moments after sunrise. Subzero temperatures allow the snow to rooster tail behind the gl... (more)

Track Speed at Tonville
A New Year brings a vibrant snowy sunrise along the High Plains and the route of the Zephyrs to Denver.

An Amtrak employee in Denver, Colorado, cleans the windshields of the lead EMD F40PH No. 326 on the westbound California Zephyr during the extended servicing stop at Denver Union Station on the mo... (more)

Soft Light at Coal Creek
Nice opportunity to shoot an old friend in different light at a favorite spot due broken rail repair near Wray, CO.

Suncor
In the perfect sun at Suncor Energy

Amtrak’s California Zephyr follows the Colorado River through Byers Canyon just west of Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado, while traveling west over Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision on No... (more)

Operating over six hours late, Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr works upgrade out of Clay, Colorado, and is about to cross over Blue Mountain Drive grade crossing approaching Coal Creek Cany... (more)

Surrounded by red sandstone cliffs lining the Colorado River, Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr approaches Utaline, Colorado, in Ruby Canyon on June 23, 2021.

Bent in Byers Canyon
Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr hugs the rock walls of Byers Canyon as it snakes along the Colorado River just west of Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado, on Novem... (more)

Dual Heritage Units and Blizzard Conditions
Amtrak sent both 183 and 822 ahead of a most glorious of snowy mornings on the California Zephyr on this day. Sadly due to Road condition... (more)

We were out mainly looking for UP freights, but they are few and far between these days on Donner, so we settled on Amtrak 5 because at least it is reasonably predictable. This was taken at Andove... (more)

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr passes some late season rafters enjoying a day on the Colorado River as it exits Little Gore Canyon between Azure and Radium, Colorado, on September 16, 2021... (more)

The outbound California Zephyr makes a station stop in Naperville before continuing on its trip to the west coast.

Amtrak’s California Zephyr has just finished passing through 100-foot Tunnel 38 just east of Azure, Colorado, as it follows the Colorado River westbound through Gore Canyon on September 15, 2021... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr speeds westbound into the setting sun as it travels over BNSF trackage, crossing over the Des Moines River on the west side of Ottumwa, Iowa.