Running perfectly on time, Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr rolls through Glenwood Canyon beside the mighty Colorado River just east of Glenwood Springs, CO on February 7, 2015.

With Amtrak P42DC No. 145 in “Heritage Phase III” paint on the lead, train No. 5, the California Zephyr, crosses the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon and approaches Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Color... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr train No. 5 prepares to depart the Rio Grande depot in Salt Lake City on Dec. 12, 1998.

The outbound California Zephyr outruns a BNSF auto train west of the Naperville station.

Making track speed (70 MPH), the westbound Zephyr just hit the detector at MP 375.4 between Newcastle and Silt on UP's Glenwood Springs Subdivision. One of the P42DCs on the Zephyr stopped loading... (more)

Amtrak train 6, the eastbound California Zephyr, rolls into Glenwood Springs, CO a few minutes before stopping at the depot downtown on a sunny February 1, 2015.

A combo plate of power (GE P42DC, GE P32BWH, EMD F40PH) lead the California Zephyr east into the sunlight in Spanish Fork Canyon on Sept. 25, 1998.

The eastbound California Zephyr passes the junction with the U.P. Craig branch, which curves up the hill to the right. Amtrak units 129 & 191 with seven cars.

The California Zephyr is between Azure and Radium on the Moffat Route and a very nice winters day.

Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr negotiates the frequent turns of the Donner Pass Route as it passes through Casa Loma, California on a cold and rainy day.

Amtrak # 6, the eastbound "California Zephyr", pulled by P42DC # 204 and 130, in the Red Canyon of the Colorado river between Dotsero and Burns.

Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr toting another Sprinter at last light.

In the first morning light, only some minutes late, Amtrak train # 6 "California Zephyr" with P42 # 117 and 169 pulling, is crossing Carbon Avenue in Price towards the rising sun. In the consist o... (more)

Amtrak train # 5 "The California Zephyr" on the 2.0 % grade from Denver to the front range of the Rocky Mountains, pulled by P42 # 118 and 41, nearing the "Big 10 curve".

The sun rises over the Great Plains and the city of Denver on the morning of January 25, 2007, as Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr climbs the grade out of Leyden, Colorado, at the beginning ... (more)