Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr is westbound, but for a moment on the approach to Big 10 Curve, is pointed east into the morning sun, as the train travels between Rocky and Clay on May 31, 201... (more)

Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, leaves Crescent, Colorado, on the morning of March 10, 2013. Amtrak heritage locomotive No. 145 painted in “phase III” paint scheme leads the train through... (more)

Amtrak No. 6, the California Zephyr, glides through the Utah desert east of Green River. Soon it will cross the Colorado state line and arrive in Grand Junction a few hours later, on time. There, ... (more)

Due to weather damage along the Moffat Subdivision in Colorado, Amtrak's California Zephyr trains are detouring via the Overland Route in Wyoming. Train No. 6 heads east through Echo Canyon near t... (more)

The golden setting sun highlights the westbound California Zephyr as it decends the grade out of town, approaching the local BNSF 664 train that is switching out cars at the Dexter iron foundry.

Here is Amtrak #5, the California Zephyr rounding Arnold's Loop on Silver Zone Pass in far eastern Nevada. Something seems wrong here as this train is supposed to pass by here in the middle of the... (more)

Amtrak’s train No. 5, the California Zephyr, climbs through a winter wonderland at Crescent, Colorado, on April 23, 1999. Two P42s, along with an F40PH kicker, power the train as it slices silen... (more)

The sun is about to set behind me on the front range of the Rocky Mountains as Amtrak No. 6, the California Zephyr catches some of the last rays at Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado on July 1, ... (more)

A mix of General Electric power leads Amtrak's California Zephyr through the upper environs of the Price River Canyon approaching Kyune.

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr exits Little Gore Canyon, east of Radium, Colorado, on June 3, 2013. Two Iowa Pacific private cars on the rear round out the 12-car consist this day.

Amtrak’s No. 6, the eastbound California Zephyr, crests Thompson Hill just east of Thompson, Utah, on the morning of March 4, 2012.

Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, leaves Clay, Colorado, on the climb up the Front Range of the Rockies on the morning of June 13, 2011. The mesa that Big 10 Curve is laid out on can be seen di... (more)

Passing lilac bushes neatly planted in the yards of the old Rio Grande section houses at Radium, Colorado, Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr curves by on the afternoon of June 6, 2013.

Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr drops down off the front range of the Rocky Mountains at Eisele, Colorado, on the afternoon of June 2, 2013. The train is passing through the former location... (more)

Springtime in the Rockies
Amtrak train No. 5, the California Zephyr, climbs up the 2 percent grade between Tunnels 8 and 10 west of Plainview, Colorado, on the morning of June 8, 2013. ... (more)