Amtrak #6 rolls into Glenwood Springs after its sprint from Grand Junction

Operation Lifesaver Amtrak 6 is running east of the Great Divide with the OLS unit on lead.

Sunset Last light at Leyden, Amtrak 6.

Evening Winter Storm Amtrak 6 is passing through Coal Creek in one of many snow squalls between East Portal and Denver on a classic Orographic Lift snow event early in October.

Union Pacific to the rescue. And what a beauty they provided. But when your 9 hour late, you take what you can get.

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.

Stainless Glint at Leyden Sunset owns the moment at Leyden with the California Zephyr flying the mile over the high fill at Leyden in Arvada.

Low light at Coal Creek Sunset comes early at the foot hills in Coal Creek. Soft evening glow fills the valley. Denver skyline is in the background.

Amtrak #6 drifts down the 1.1% grade at 'Cedar'

Heading east 9 hours 4 minutes behind schedule, Amtrak 6, the California Zephyr heading from Emeryville Ca to Chicago IL, approaches McCook NE on a blistering hot morning. Thirty-one-year-... (more)

What a Great Way To Start the Day!

While hanging around Martinez, where my railfanning obsession began with my older brother watching Southern Pacific Dayli... (more)

Wild Flowers A vivid new paint scheme adorns Amtrakā€™s CZ 5/6 fleet.

Amtrak's California Zephyr passes by a Union Pacific Oil train that is stopped on the Plain siding on Union Pacific's Moffatt Tunnel subdivision. The Zephyr is headed eastbound and in a few minute... (more)

Amtrak P42DC's #138 & #82 brings Amtrak #6 'The California Zephyr' east through the Utah desert at 'Floy'.