Approaching the west switch at Rocky, Colorado, Amtrak No. 6, the eastbound California Zephyr, descends the 2-percent grade off the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains on the afternoon of March 25,... (more)

Amtrak No. 6, the eastbound California Zephyr, passes through West Rocky, Colorado, on the afternoon of March 25, 2014. Carrying the markers is private car Sierra Hotel, a former Budd-built Dormit... (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 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 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 5 races across the Utah landscape. The train is making short work of Cedar Hill as it heads towards Salt Lake City.

A UP Z-train meets the California Zephyr east of Sparks just before sunrise.

The California Zephyr eases to a stop on 3rd Street, ending its 2,525 mile journey as families await the arrival of loved ones, excited children and other bystanders watch the event, most of them ... (more)

In a view from California highway 70, the westbound 16-car California Zephyr wraps around the hill at James, a few miles short of Oroville, where a crew and power change will take place.

Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr cruises through scenic Glenwood Canyon after an on-time departure from nearby Glenwood Springs on a beautiful January afternoon.

Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr slinks along the rocky cliffs of Little Gore Canyon east of Azure, Colorado, on November 3, 2010.

The fill that washed out
Thick fog is lifting off of the Flatirons west of Plainview, Colorado, as Amtrak’s No. 5, the California Zephyr, climbs the Front Range of the Rockies on the ... (more)

Amtrak’s train No. 6, the California Zephyr, is eastbound through the barren and lonely desert landscape at Solitude, Utah, on the morning of March 5, 2012. Looks like the locomotive took out so... (more)

Amtrak No. 6, the California Zephyr, passes the hopper car windbreak on Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, Colorado, on May 29, 2011. In the background is some of the sprawl of Arvada, and if you look cl... (more)