On a beautiful afternoon the in the High Sierras, Amtrak No. roars uphill a little west of Shed 10. On the point as lead helper is Rio Grande GP60 No. 3156. The Rio Grande unit will stay on the tr... (more)

The eastbound California Zephyr rolls out of the setting sun at Kremmling, CO.

Amtrak #6, the eastbound California Zephyr, eases out of Tunnel 29.

Denver Union Station is already decorated for Christmas as our train makes a station stop at the platform.

Amtrak No. 6 rolls downhill next to the Truckee River near Boca, CA. Her two SDP40Fs apparently provided plenty of power for today's consist, since the train didn't require a lead helper to get it... (more)

Amtrak No. 6 passes the BNSF yard in Burlington, IA, as it heads for the crossing of the Upper Mississippi River into Illinois.

Running 2 hours behind schedule, the eastbound California Zephyr arrives into Glenwood Springs with an unfamiliar leader at the helm. The westbound service had just departed Glenwood, running on t... (more)

On March 5, 2012, Amtrakā€™s eastbound California Zephyr is eastbound through the barren desert landscape at Solitude, Utah. Apparently the locomotive recently hit some livestock on the engineerā... (more)

Amtrak coming through the hills of Colorado.

The Denver Zephyr A Roger Puta Photograph

Early afternoon Amtrak #6, the California Zephyr, climbs the grade between Penryn, CA and Newcastle, CA on the number 2 track on a perfect winter day.

Amtrak No. 6, the eastbound California Zephyr, climbs Cedar Hill at Cedar, Utah, on the morning of May 10, 2006.

Deep in the Tunnel District between Plainview and Crescent, Colorado, Amtrakā€™s eastbound California Zephyr threads through Tunnel 15 on May 14, 2017.

A early morning Utah Railway coal train waits to enter the main. As Amtrak number 6 the Zephyr races by.

Amtrakā€™s California Zephyr meets a westbound BNSF freight at Rocky, Colorado, on the afternoon of June 28, 2014. In a half hour or so, eastbound No. 6 be in Denver, seen on the horizon jutting u... (more)