Outbound California Zephyr.
The morning Amtrak California Zephyr departs Denver Union Station sporting a triple power lash up, including AMTK 184 painted in the anniversary phase IV heritage scheme. Also outbound on the tra... (more)
A beautiful train with the two matching Amtrak heritage units 822 and 145. The train is preparing to depart westward into the night out of Salt Lake City. An autorack train is streaking by to the ... (more)
California Zephyr #5 rolls down the west slope of the Sierras, about to pass underneath Interstate 80 in Emigrant Gap.
I couldn't resist getting a shot of this one when I heard it was coming. Amtrak Heritage units as 822 and 145 at the Salt Lake City Amtrak station. Amazingly they arrived into Salt Lake City 45 mi... (more)
Spring rainstorms hover over the Book Cliffs as Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr flies out of Desert, Utah, on May 4, 2003.
Amtrak No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, is climbing the grade toward Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, Colorado, on September 6, 2001. In the background waiting in the siding at Clay is an eastbo... (more)
Crossing the fill over Bull Gulch, Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr exits Tunnel 2 west of Plainview, Colorado, on September 21, 2001. This particular fill washed out during flooding in Colo... (more)
An otherwise decent California Zephyr shot ruined by a steaming pile of yellow garbage on the point. Not sure which unit was having issues, but UP 7085 leads Amtrak units 135 and 96 toward Tu... (more)
Running on time, the westbound California Zephyr rolls along next to the Colorado River just east of Burns, CO on February 13, 2016.
Not sure which unit was having issues on CZ #5, but UP 7085 leads Amtrak units 135 and 96 into Coal Creek Canyon on a frosty December morning. Visible in the background is Table Mountain in G... (more)
Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr wiggles through the curves in Red Gorge west of Radium, Colorado, on November 6, 2012.
Amtrak units 152 & 118 are leading the way for California Zephyr #5 as it rolls along South Boulder Creek near Tolland, CO.
Amtrak 159 leads the westvound California Zephyr through Eola.
