After setting out Amtrak baggage car No. 1222, the head end power of Amtrak train 5, the westbound California Zephyr, backs through Denver Union Terminal trackage back to its train at Denver Union... (more)

The California Zephyr has started it's westward climb towards Donner Pass on a nice day in May of 1994.

''The Loop'' was an Amtrak operation that was aimed at drawing Chicago Springfield traffic. Here she is arriving Bloomington Union Depot after meeting train 300, at far right. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Freshly painted E8s running elephant style lead southbound Empire Corridor train