The California Zephyr slowly passes through the Denver Yard as workers replace a section of bad rail.

The California Zephyr kicks up the snow as it passes through Plainview, Colorado.

Under a late evening sun, BNSF 2392 (GP39-3) leads an oil can train along the Brush Sub towards Denver.

BNSF 9307 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train under ominous storm clouds towards Denver.

UP 8851 meets the outgoing California Zephyr which has left Denver's Union Station.

UP 8354 (SD70ACe) leads an empty coal train into Coal Creek Canyon.

AMTK 189 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr past the Rocky Siding as it heads to Arvada, Colorado.

The California Zephyr, lead by AMTK 52, heads towards Big Ten Curve as a BNSF oil train that has just past through the landmark curve gets ready to head towards Denver.

A late spring snowstorm has blanketed the landscape for the California Zephyr as it winds its way through Coal Creek Canyon.

A crewman catches a ride on the steps of Denver Rock Island Railroad's 553 (SW8).

UPY 691 (GP15-1) works a cut of cars in the UP's North Yard while a bunch of heavies are lined up for a power move.

A quad of heavy UP power leaving the yard in Cheyenne, Wyoming meet an inbound train which will stop in the yard for a crew change.

UP 5788 (AC4400CWCTE) joins nine other freshly painted units as they wait for assigned trains.

The evening's California Zephyr crosses Blue Mountain Drive in Coal Creek Canyon as it works its way through the foothills west of Denver. A late spring snow storm has blanketed the area with a f... (more)

Light snow is falling as the California Zephyr exits Tunnel #1 east of Plainview, Colorado and drops down into Coal Creek Canyon.