Amtrak P42DC #41 sits idling on the point of westbound California Zephyr train #5 at the Emeryville Amtrak station. Emeryville is the Zephyr's final station stop before terminating at the Amtrak c... (more)

Amtrak’s No. 5, the California Zephyr, climbs the Front Range of the Rockies on the morning on May 30, 2011. The fog is lifting off the Flatirons west of Plainview, Colorado, as the train thread... (more)

Curving through a lunar-like landscape approaching Floy, Utah, on August 4, 1996, is Amtrak’s California Zephyr. On the point of No. 6 this day is General Electric P40DC No. 822, with an EMD F40... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr glides east through Spanish Fork Canyon at the foot of 10,685 ft. Mt. Loafer.

Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 glides east through Spanish Fork Canyon amid colorful oak brush near Castilla.

The snowy flanks of 10,687 ft. Mt. Loafer frame Amtrak's California Zephyr running east through Spanish Fork Canyon on New Year's Eve, 1992.

Amtrak’s California Zephyr crosses McDonald Creek under the imposing cliff of Dodge’s Bluff just east of Utaline, Colorado, on June 13, 2009. This portion of this former Rio Grande route is al... (more)

Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, approaches Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado, on June 13, 2011. Leading the westbound train is Amtrak “Heritage” P42DC No. 145 in Amtrak’s “Phase 3�... (more)

Amtrak’s California Zephyr, train No. 5, glides through the snow at Kings Crossing west of Winter Park, Colorado, on a snowy January 3, 2004.

Late day shadows are ascending up the steep canyon walls of spectacular Ruby Canyon east of Utaline, Colorado, on August 4, 1996. A late-running Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, cruises along ... (more)

A 21 car California Zephyr train #6 takes an early morning tour of the former D&RGW in Spanish Fork Canyon. Train lengths such as this were common when Amtrak hauled refrigerator cars of perishabl... (more)

A splendid June morning in 1986 finds Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 climbing east through Spanish Fork Canyon at Castilla. The private car 'Virginia City' was along for the ride on this beau... (more)

Amtrak No. 6, the California Zephyr, is eastbound between Yarmony and Radium along the scenic Colorado River. The shiny Superliner cars reflect the afternoon sun in the placid water of the river ... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 heads east along the former D&RGW in Spanish Fork Canyon. The locomotives on the point illustrate the evolution of GE passenger train power on Amtrak trains dur... (more)

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr catches some late evening light climbing Thompson Hill east of Thompson, Utah, on July 7, 1988. The old narrow gauge right-of way used when the route was fir... (more)