The lead locomotive of Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, approaches Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, Colorado, on June 9, 2014. In the background sitting in the siding at Rocky is westbound Union Pa... (more)

Operating through a slow order, Amtrak No. 5 crawls over the fill on the approach to Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, Colorado, on June 9, 2014. A section of track on the fill was just lifted and hand-... (more)

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr is led by “Phase I Heritage” GE P42DC No. 156 just east of Plain, Colorado, on the morning of March 30, 2014.

The westbound 'California Zephyr', with Amtrak P42DC #63 on the point, stands at Glenwood Springs Amtrak station. My wife & I rode this train as part of a trip from Buffalo to Sacramento (on the '... (more)

Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, climbs through the curves on the approach to Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado, on March 30, 2014. On the rear are two private cars; the Puget Sound and Sie... (more)

Running about an hour and a half late, Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, curves toward Tunnel 1 east of Plainview on a warm spring morning in Colorado on March 30, 2014.

Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, slices through short Tunnel 29 just east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on August 28, 2000.

Amtrak P42DC #63 leads our train, the westbound 'California Zephyr' through Fraser Canyon, CO. My wife & I rode this train as part of a trip from Buffalo to Sacramento (on the 'Lakeshore Limited'... (more)

The passengers on Amtrak have a gorgeous day for their trek across the Colorado Rockies. A mountain wave cloud hovers over the Flatirons... Moffat Road!

The westbound 'California Zephyr', with Amtrak P42DC #63 on the point, stands at the newly renovated Denver Union station. My wife & I rode this train as part of a trip from Buffalo to Sacramento ... (more)

Amtrak 188 barrels past a stopped Metra train at Highlands, kicking up a snowstorm from a late season snowfall.

Amtrak 5 races across the Utah landscape. The train is making short work of Cedar Hill as it heads towards Salt Lake City.

Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, climbs the front range of the Rocky Mountains just west of Plainview, Colorado, on February 28, 2011. Passing through the Flatirons, the silvery train is exiti... (more)

A trio of P42s lead the California Zephyr west along the Carquinez Strait shoreline.

Amtrak No 5’s engineer gets onboard GE P42DC No. 134 on the morning of October 14, 2012. This view of the California Zephyr’s station stop in Denver from Wewatta Street will soon vanish. For s... (more)