Amtrak’s California Zephyr meets a westbound BNSF freight at Rocky, Colorado, on the afternoon of June 28, 2014. In the background is the city of Denver, where train 6 will be making a station a... (more)
A winter wonderland greets riders of the California Zephyr as AMTK 189 (P42DC) leads the train around Big Ten Curve, which will drop the train 2% along the 280 degree curve.
The morning California Zephyr gets ready to pass a waiting BNSF oil can train which has pulled off onto a siding just after the Big Ten Curve to let the Zephyr pass.
A fresh layer of snow has blanketed the foothills and trees as Amtrak 130 leads the California Zephyr up the Moffat Tunnel line and into the Colorado Rocky Mountains.