Looking more like Mars than Earth, the eastbound California Zephyr skirts the Book Cliffs in eastern Utah. This is likely one of the most difficult spots I've ever shot. Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Floy, Utah, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 94
Train ID: AMTK 6
Photo Date: September 19, 2008

A famous shot indeed, the California Zephyr in 2008 at the famous Pulga trestle... Amtrak #5 has gone off the advertised and is detouring due to Donner Pass trackwork via the Feather River Canyon.

Amtrak #6 rounds the bend at Rio, slowly climbing the famous ex-DRGW Soldier Summit. I hope the passengers woke up early to see the scenery!

Due to a work window on Donner Pass, Amtrak's California Zephyr detoured over the old WP through Nevada and into California. Passing Keddie, #5 is heading out onto Spanish Creek Trestle.

Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 crosses from main #1 to main #2 at CP Colton, five miles east of Soldier Summit. Dispatcher #78 lined the little streamliner ahead of a Utah Railway coal empty.

Captured moments after sunrise, Amtrak's California Zephyr heads east through Spanish Fork Canyon just east of the ghost town of Thistle, Utah.

The weather was all over the place on this June morning as the eastbound California Zephyr heads east through the Utah Desert. While I'd like to say the lightning was planned, I didn't even know I... (more)

Amtrak 6 just a few minutes late, just a few miles east of Green River, UT.

On a gorgeous spring morning, Amtrak's California Zephyr #6 approches the top of the hill at Soldier Summit (7487 ft.) In the distance looms 10,685 ft. Mount Loafer.

Amtrak's California Zephyr #6 emerges from the Thistle Tunnels, headed east toward Chicago. These tunnels and track realignment were the result of a massive mudslide the shut down the D&RGW mainli... (more)

Framed by both the Book Cliffs and Wellington Canyon, Amtrak's California Zephyr accelerates to 70 mph, approaching Mounds. This train was running about 90 minutes behind the advertised on Friday ... (more)

On a gorgeous winter morning, the whistle of Amtrak's California Zephyr echos off the rugged Book Cliffs north of town. At right, a quad of UP EMD's (including D&RGW 5371) await service on the "Di... (more)

The California Zephyr is westbound, zipping by the Colorado River on the Dotsero Cutoff. Spring is trying to gain a foothold in these parts...

The Big Ten Curve on a full moon night with its 270 degree route lit up by the eastbound California Zephyr heading for Denver.

The California Zephyr is about 6 hours late as it rushes it's way to Reno NV from this view at Miriam, NV. In the background there is an eastbound UP freight at Toulon, NV. The Humboldt Range Moun... (more)