On a 100 degree July morning, the station work has been completed, the operating crews changed, and the EB California Zephyr is about to depart Grand Junction for Denver and Chicago.

Amtrak #5, the California Zephyr, is rolling off its last half mile or so alongside a short section of slide fence, prior to reaching the stop at Glenwood Springs, Colorado. For the last 15 miles ... (more)

The California Zephyr passes some waving rafters on the Colorado River.

The California Zephyr hugs the Colorado River west of McCoy.

The California Zephyr snakes along the Colorado River past mountains that dwarf the train.

The California Zephyr heads through Mack with some colorful terrain as a backdrop.

The California Zephyr has just exited the tunnel at Beavertail Mountain.

The California Zephyr heads over the Colorado River at Bull Gulch.

It’s late afternoon on June 6, 2001, as Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr emerges from the Moffat Tunnel raising trackside dust as it begins its descent of on 50 miles of two percent grades... (more)

Amtrak California Zephyr rolls out of Galesburg.

In the late afternoon sunlight, Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr crawls through the horseshoe curve in Coal Creek Canyon, CO on the UP Moffat Tunnel Subdivision on July 14th, 2018. The train w... (more)

A delayed Eastbound California Zephyr calls at the station in Omaha, Nebraska. After loading passengers, the train would reverse to the West end of the station siding. Then, it would proceed Eastb... (more)

The Eastbound California Zephyr calls at the Omaha Amtrak station. Due to a derailment along the BNSF Ottumwa Subdivision, a Union Pacific SD70ACe would be added to the front of the train here tha... (more)

Following the Colorado River westbound, Amtrak’s California Zephyr passes through Yarmony, Colorado, on the sunny afternoon of June 26, 2003.

The California Zephyr makes it's evening trek across southern Iowa. Here the train is about 20 miles west of Burlington, with Mount Pleasant as the next station stop in 15 miles. The small town of... (more)