Sunrise creates an orange glow over the California Zephyr as it runs through Keenesburg, Colorado on the Brush Sub.

Amtrak engine #19 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr through Keenesburg, Colorado at sunrise on the Brush Sub.

Amtrak Cardinal train P051 stopped at Charlottesville.

A Southbound Regional for Norfolk runs through the VRE Station in Lorton, dogging the many shadows that have overtaken the tracks on a stellar October afternoon.

Speeding Past Semaphores. Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, is seen passing semaphores near Wagon Mound, New Mexico as it races across the prairie. I was in Denver for a... (more)

Classic American Railroading. Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, is seen splitting the semaphores near Bernal, New Mexico as it climbs the steep grade through the mountains. ... (more)

Rolling along the Los Angeles River under a web of high tension power lines, and about to pass under the bridge of the 101 Freeway (and beyond that, the much fancier bridge Cesar Chavez Avenue Bri... (more)

March of 2021 saw one of the heaviest blizzards to hit the Colorado Front Range in 20 years. This is the moment that the California Zephyr slammed into a 4 foot snow drift, completely covering th... (more)

Amtrak engine #19 has just blasted through a four foot snow drift as it runs through Coal Creek Canyon on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Amtrak's Silver Star making it's rounds through Seville.

The snow is falling fast as the California Zephyr passes a waiting set of BNSF engines as it heads towards the very snowy Colorado Rocky Mountains.

The Silver Star flies past the fern farms in west Volusia County, as low cloud moves in. How much longer will the P42's last?

This was the moment that the California Zephyr led by Amtrak engine 19 (P42DC) blasted through a four foot snow drift during the massive March 14th Snowmageddon snowstorm. The explosion of snow c... (more)

A frosty California Zephyr is getting the full brunt of the massive snow storm that walloped the Colorado Front Range.

The #5 California Zephyr has a hard time of it today. After it left Denver Union Station it was stopped for 3 hours in Arvada, Colorado while track crews fixed a faulty switch. It then encounter... (more)