California Zephyr Dreamin’

Private varnish on the back of the California Zephyr is in full homage and returns to home rails and in the most splendid locations on the eastern... (more)

Winter Wonderland in the Tunnel District

In this frame I took some creative license and removed with the cloning tool the power line and wood pole that is adjacent to the track... (more)

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)

An Amtrak baggage car No. 1222 is tied down after being set out by Amtrak train 5, the westbound California Zephyr at Denver Union Station on February 26, 1987. That’s a pretty snazzy Amtrak jac... (more)

Silver Thread through the Rockies

In this frame the great story of America’s Passenger Train, the California Zephyr comes to mind. The late year sunrise light glisten low off... (more)

Winter’s Early Arrival

Steady snowfall overnight left nearly a foot of fresh snow on Cescent, CO and most of the eastern slope of Colorado. 90 degree temperatures 36 hours pr... (more)

Winter’s Early Arrival

Steady snowfall overnight left nearly a foot of fresh snow on Cescent, CO and most of the eastern slope of Colorado. 90 degree temperatures 36 hours pr... (more)

Amtrak’s California Zephyr has just passed through Tunnel 1 and approaches Plainview, Colorado, where an eastbound Union Pacific coal train waits in the siding for the meet on September 4, 2000.

Amtrak P42DC #12 with the California Zephyr is approaching Grand Junction, CO, passing the orchards and vineyards of Palisade, CO 10/07/16.

Fall in the Valley

California Zephyr is just East of Tolland, Colorado on a delightful September morn along South Boulder Creek. Shot on Mavic Pro 2.

Last Train 5 until May

March 29th, 2020 was the last westbound California Zephyr for over a month on Moffat due to a crew shortage from COVID-19. Looking more like the Winter P... (more)

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr winds its way through snow-covered evergreen trees at Crescent, Colorado, on the snowy morning of March 27, 2009.

Spring Snow

Whisking through the fresh Spring snow on the Moffat Road through the Flatiron Range, Amtrak #5 is right on time. Shot on Mavic Pro 2.

Western Tunnel District

Amtrak 5 the California Zephyr rolls along the ridge above South Boulder Creek near Wundervu, CO in Boulder county. In this frame P42 #174 has emerged f... (more)

A private car “Cyrus K. Holliday” brings up the rear of Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr at Crescent, Colorado, during a mountain snowstorm on April 24, 2007. The rear drumhead reads “... (more)