Amtrak train 5, the California Zephyr makes good time on the center track heading west on BNSF through Highlands, IL. The GE P40 makes quite a different impression than the trailing EMD F40PH.

The eastbound California Zephyr, No. 6, exits the Florinston Narrows along with the Truckee River. Both mains and the river crowd together through the Narrows.

Amtrak No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, runs around a westbound Union Pacific coal empty at Rollinsville, Colorado, on August 5, 2006. The concrete strips on the right are the foundation of... (more)

Amtrak westbound "California Zephyr" train number five climbing the east side of Donner Pass following the Truckee River not far east of Truckee.

Amtrak eastbound "California Zephyr" train number six crossing Green River in Green River.

Outbound California Zephyr.

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)

The westbound California Zephyr winds its way through one of the canyons a few miles southwest of Burns, CO on January 23, 2016.

Skirting a late spring rainstorm, Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr climbs the Wasatch range at Colton, Utah.

Amtrak train 5, the westbound California Zephyr, cruises along next to the Colorado River just after its stop in Glenwood Springs, CO on January 17, 2016.

The Westbound California Zephyr departs Truckee, CA.

The morning Amtrak California Zephyr was sporting a double special on this day as it backed into the temporary terminal, with heritage locomotives AMTK 156 (Phase I paint special) and AMTK 66 (pha... (more)

Running right on schedule, Amtrak's number 5 train, aka the westbound "California Zephyr," splits the signals at Buda, IL on BNSF's Mendota Subdivision as it heads toward Galesburg where its next ... (more)

California Zephyr trains typically round Arnold Loop during the midnight hours, so riders were treated to a daytime trip on this 12-hour late train. Also bringing up the rear is a Zephyr original,... (more)

California Zephyr number 6 works its way through Kyune, Utah on an early August morning.