The California Zephyr

The EB California Zephyr. The I80 bridges are beside it.

The eastbound San Francisco Zephyr descends from the Sherman Summit toward Cheyenne in the afternoon.

Amtrak 6 to Chicago rolls alongside the Carquinez Straits after ducking under I-80.

eastbound Amtrak train #6 City of San Fransico, Norden, CA

These passengers seem to have been caught off-guard by climate change as several Amtrak on-board personnel go all out to assist them in loading their ski equipment onto the eastbound California Z... (more)

Happy New Year! Yeah, a few days late. Amtrak #6 rolls alongside the Truckee River in a snowy scene at Glenshire.

Amtrak 6 heads out of town as a storm moves in to the area.

UP 7862 has been tacked to the front of Amtrak 5 as they approach Cape Horn in some fresh snow.

When Amtrak #6 blew for the road crossing a mile or so west of Price, Utah, I knew something didn’t sound right. When it hove into view a minute or so later and came out from under the highway o... (more)

The eastbound Zephyr approaches the Floriston crossovers with fall color (what passes for it) at it's peak.

Amtrak #6, the Eastbound California Zephyr has just departed Truckee and drifts downgrade through Glenshire, while running alongside the aptly named Truckee River.

Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr passing a colorful cottonwood tree along the Colorado River at the small town and siding of Radium, Colorado.

Trying to beat the clouds, 322 and 320 head up through the first section of Gilluly on the way up to Soldier Summit with eastbound #6 California Zephyr in August 1985.

Cautiously making its way downgrade through the Price River Canyon, 298 and 234 heads the eastbound California Zephyr towards the next stop at Helper on August 1985.