Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr drops downgrade on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision at Coal Creek Canyon west of Clay, Colorado, on the morning of January 12, 2001. No. 6 normall... (more)
Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr is dexiting 63-foot-long Tunnel 40 in scenic Little Gore Canyon west of Azure, Colorado, on June 3, 2013. Almost lost in the craggy scene on the far left, fi... (more)
The inbound California Zephyr engineer from Lincoln gets off the train at Ottumwa while the outbound waits. The train swaps engineers only here at Ottumwa in south central Iowa. This train will ta... (more)
Amtrak's California Zephyr makes good time as they blast thru Fairfield on the BNSF Ottumwa Sub. The train is passing the old ex-CB&Q freight depot which is still used by the BNSF MofW personnel. ... (more)
It’s 11:45 a.m. and we’re running a couple hours late, meeting and passing through plenty of BNSF freight traffic in Iowa aboard Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr on November 7, 2018. Cru... (more)
The eastbound California Zephyr exits Moffat Tunnel a few minutes ahead of schedule, as the sun sets on the first of the yellow aspens.
Number 6 is crossing the Platte River near Ashland.
On a 100 degree July morning, the station work has been completed, the operating crews changed, and the EB California Zephyr is about to depart Grand Junction for Denver and Chicago.
Amtrak's eastbound Zephyr moving through the Rockies heading for Denver
The eastbound California Zephyr hugs the Colorado River for most of the way through its namesake state. A picture perfect sky and setting make the scene.
The California Zephyr snakes along the Colorado River past mountains that dwarf the train.
The California Zephyr heads though some wild and desolate terrain without many signs of life. This scenic area is strikingly beautiful.
The California Zephyr heads along the Colorado River east of Grand Junction.