Rare Mileage on the Overland Route Rare mileage and Rolling under the famed Ex-Colorado & Southern BNSF Front Range Subdivision 126’ thru truss bridge Amtrak 5 has just left the Cheyen... (more)
Nebraska Overland Route Detour Not so rare as Cheyenne east, Amtrak 5 is dodging the beautiful spring shadows from receding fog banks south of Cheyenne, Wyoming at Carr, Colorado. Movi... (more)
A rare event yesterday saw the California Zephyr passing through Cheyenne, Wyoming and under the Colorado and Southern steel girder bridge. Heavy rains in Nebraska washed out the track on the nor... (more)
Storm clouds greet the California Zephyr as it passes in front of Blue Mountain and into Coal Creek Canyon on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
The California Zephyr hits the signal at east Keenesburg, Colorado at sunrise as it heads to Denver.
Running approximately 9 hrs 20 mins late, Amtrak 54 leads the eastbound California Zephyr.
With wildfire smoke in the atmosphere enough to create an orange glow, The California Zephyr enters the east side of Keenesburg just as the sun rises above the horizon.
Amtrak engine #54 (P42DC) rounds the corner as it heads through Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado and climbs towards Tunnel 1 at Plainview.
The California Zephyr climbs out of Coal Creek Canyon and is about to enter Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
A spring snowstorm frosted the foothills as the California Zephyr runs through Coal Creek Canyon on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
A 5+ hour late Amtrak Crescent meets NS #246 at Lithia Springs
Amtrak's westbound Carolinian arrives in Raleigh in the late afternoon.
The California Zephyr stops briefly at the depot in Fort Morgan, Colorado at sunrise before continuing to Denver.
The California Zephyr runs through Fort Morgan, Colorado at sunrise.
Old meets New. Morning storm clouds oversee the California Zephyr meeting a BNSF officer's train in Keensburg, Colorado, passing the 1952 business car 'Gerald Grinstein'.
