Amtrak engine 60 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr up the hill at Plainview, Colorado and will soon enter the first of 29 tunnels on its way to the West Slope.

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr climbs out of Rocky, Colorado, on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision on the morning of October 12, 2022. Trailing the Superliner consist this day is... (more)

Amtrak engine 27 leads the California Zephyr through Tolland, Colorado at the height of the seasonal changing of the golden aspen.

Aspen Gold Number 5 running west through Tolland on a very typical Autumn day in the high country.

AMTK 174 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr past a field of wild sunflowers as it heads to Keenesburg, Colorado on the Brush Sub.

Approach on Tunnel 30
Into the vibrant sun through Lincoln Hills and into Rollins Canyon Amtrak 5 is about to enter tunnel 30.

Snow is coming down pretty hard as the engineer of Amtrak’s California Zephyr climbs down to make a quick trip back toward the diner for a cup of coffee. The train is having its “smoke stop”... (more)

A New Chapter for the California Zephyr
ALC-42 AMTK 301 leads an all star cast of brand new power including 309, 313, and 314 and test car among the usual consist and not a GE P42 ... (more)

#5 highballs the west siding switch at Crescent on a windy summer morning, giving passengers a sweeping view of the Rockies and the Gross Dam Reservoir as they continue to gain elevation enroute t... (more)

Super thick frog greets the California Zephyr as it runs through Roggen, Colorado on the Brush Sub.

Amtrak engine 174 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr through the Big Ten Curve at Rocky, Colorado. The area is dedicated as a natural open space, which is refreshing to think that high priced ho... (more)

Today's California Zephyr was over three hours late as it ran through Roggen, Colorado, past some wild sunflowers that are growing along the Brush Sub track.

Low clouds at sunrise greet the crew and riders of the California Zephyr as it runs through Keenesburg, Colorado on the Brush Sub.

The California Zephyr nearly beats the sunrise to Hudson, Colorado as it makes track speed towards Denver.

In what looks more like a scene from a model train layout, Amtrak ran 4 Chargers on point when the California Zephyr 6 train headed to Denver, Colorado. It was odd not seeing the venerable P42's o... (more)