About to enter Little Gore Canyon is Amtrak No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, cruising west of Azure, Colorado, along the Colorado River on August 20, 2014.
On a late spring day in Colorado, Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr zips through Tunnel 29 and crosses South Boulder Creek just east of Pinecliffe on the morning of May 25, 2017.
An hour late out of Reno, Amtrak No. 5 the westbound California Zephyr, climbs uphill to the next stop in Truckee. From there the real work begins to gain the summit of the hill at Norden.