The eastbound California Zephyr is cruising along the former Rio Grande east of Thompson Springs, Utah early on a glorious spring day.

Running on time the westbound California Zephyr is cruising west towards the lowering sun on the former Rio Grande in Utah between Floy and Solitude.

AMTK P40DC No. 822 and P42DC No. 145 both painted in the Phase III scheme lead Amtrak's westbound "California Zephyr" through the eastern rim of Coal Creek Canyon. The train has just cro... (more)

California Zephyr #5 rolls down the west slope of the Sierras, about to pass underneath Interstate 80 in Emigrant Gap.

Amtrak No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, is climbing the grade toward Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, Colorado, on September 6, 2001. In the background waiting in the siding at Clay is an eastbo... (more)

Crossing the fill over Bull Gulch, Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr exits Tunnel 2 west of Plainview, Colorado, on September 21, 2001. This particular fill washed out during flooding in Colo... (more)

Running on time, the westbound California Zephyr rolls along next to the Colorado River just east of Burns, CO on February 13, 2016.

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr wiggles through the curves in Red Gorge west of Radium, Colorado, on November 6, 2012.

Amtrak units 152 & 118 are leading the way for California Zephyr #5 as it rolls along South Boulder Creek near Tolland, CO.

Amtrak 159 leads the westvound California Zephyr through Eola.

California Zephyr #5 rounds the sweeping curve just east of Pinecliffe, CO., AMTK 204 & 130 are leading the way and are about to enter Tunnel 29 on the Moffat route.

In a scene normally traversed at night and with mountains reminiscent of Glacier Park hundreds of miles to the north, a late-running California Zephyr is seen racing across the high desert on a pe... (more)

Morning haze has settled over downtown Denver, roughly 17 miles in the distance (as the crow flies), as Amtrak units 204 & 130 lead the California Zephyr into Coal Creek Canyon.

Usually the California Zephyr leaves Denver Union Station early in the morning. On this day, due to weather delays coming from Chicago, the Zephyr left the Denver station six hours late. This af... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr rolls eastbound through the curve at Pinecliffe on a frigid and snowy February afternoon.