For much of the year, the eastbound Zephyr departs Denver after dark. However, in the summer months, there is still a bit of light when it heads east. Here, just days before the official start of ... (more)

Deep Snow Deep in the Tunnel District

Amtrak number 5 is rolling through the tangents and tunnels deep in the tunnel district. Immediately in the distance Eldorado Canyon dis... (more)

Amtrak Heritage 184 leads the California Zephyr past a pond in Lockbuie as it heads to Denver, Colorado.

The remnants of the previous days winter storm, the “Bomb Cyclone” that ravaged the Midwest and the mountain states in March of 2019 leaves a beautiful evening glint on Amtrak’s California Z... (more)

The westbound Zephyr is between Tunnel 7 and Tunnel 8 in the heart of the Tunnel District on a beautiful May morning. The train is about to disappear in Tunnel 8 and, after emerging, the plains wi... (more)

The California Zephyr drops down from the Colorado Rocky Mountains and will arrive in Denver within the hour.

Amtrak #69 is on point as the California Zephyr drops down out of Tunnel #1 at Plainview and heads towards Coal Creek Canyon. It will then take another 45 minutes to get to Denver's downtown Unio... (more)

The westbound Southwest Chief passes under classic Santa Fe searchlights at middle Jansen just west of downtown Trinidad.

AMTK P42DCs 22 and 175 lead the eastbound Ski Train out of the Moffat Tunnel's east portal.

On the banks of the Colorado River passes the Zephyr N ° 5, an Amtrak passenger train that connects Chicago (IL) with the bay of San Francisco (CA), after a two-day journey and almost 4000 Km tra... (more)

Amtrak #11 P42DC climbs towards Tunnel #1 as it leads the California Zephyr into the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

Amtrak's Colorado Ski Train pulls into the Winter Park station, which is directly adjacent to the Winter Park Ski Resort.

Before climbing the steep grade to the Moffat Line Tunnel #1, the new Siemens Chargers lead the California Zephyr in the snow through the tight horseshoe turn at the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon. ... (more)

Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr snakes through the “s curve” at milepost 60 between Fraser and Winter Park, Colorado, on the afternoon of January 11, 2019. On the rear of the train is p... (more)

The Rocky Mountains soar in the distance as the Southwest Chief climbs the famous Raton Pass.