Amtrak's Operation Lifesaver engine #203 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr through Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado as it heads to Coal Creek Canyon.

A spectacular red sunrise in Roggen, Colorado greets the passengers and crew of the California Zephyr as it runs west on the Brush Sub towards Denver.

The yellow nose of the California Zephyr engine #203 (P42DC in the Operation Lifesaver paint scheme) runs through a winter wonderland of snow flocked pine trees in Crescent, Colorado.

The California Zephyr passengers and crew are treated to an amazing Colorado sunrise as the train passes through Keenesburg on the Brush Sub.

Amtrak's California Zephyr runs over what appears to be a roller coaster track at sunrise as it heads towards Roggen, Colorado on the Brush Sub.

Amtrak's sharp-looking Operation Lifesaver #203 leads the California Zephyr down from Tunnel #1 and into Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado

The California Zephyr has the Operation Lifesaver engine leading as it runs through flocked trees at Crescent, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

The California Zephyr runs through Keenesburg, Colorado as a spectacular sunrise paints the sky and glints off the stainless steel cars.

I spy, with my tree eye, Amtrak's OLI, passing by.

Amtrak engine #203 (P42DC) in the yellow Operation Lifesaver paint scheme emerges out of Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado.

Evening storm light and thunderstorms in the distance frame the California Zephyr as it runs down the grade from Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado.

Operation Lifesaver Amtrak 6 with the Rio Grande looking paint, always a treat I like to get.

Operation Lifesaver Amtrak 6 with the Rio Grande looking paint, always a treat I like to get.

Sunrise on the High Plains Amtrak 5 is west highball out of Crest, Colorado as the sun ball of a new day just hits the event horizon with Nick Ploysa at the helm and my colleagues trac... (more)

A spectacular Colorado Sunrise greets the California Zephyr #5 train which was led by the Operation Lifesaver engine #203 as it runs through Roggen, Colorado on the Brush Sub.