The passengers on Amtrak have a gorgeous day for their trek across the Colorado Rockies. A mountain wave cloud hovers over the Flatirons... Moffat Road!

Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief leans into a curve as they meet an intermodal near Church Rock after a late station stop in Gallup, making track speed towards Albuquerque and Chicago.

Running an hour behind schedule, Amtrak's Capital Limited crosses the Potomac River into Harpers Ferrry, WV.

With most of it's work behind it, Amtrak's Coast Starlight (more of a "San Joaquin Starlight" on this day) #11 glides downgrade at Marcel.

Evening glint catches the Coast Starlight in the last hour of its run to Seattle hugging the shoreline at Steilacoom, just south of the ferry dock.

Amtrak 166 leads detouring train 11 upgrade past a group of chase thirsty railfans at Tunnel 2.

Approaching the town of Tehachapi, detouring southbound Amtrak train #11 climbs the last few miles of the mountain grade as it passes the Cable crossover.

Between Warren and Mojave, detouring southbound Amtrak train #11 passes beneath the venerable SP signal bridge at milepost 377, a structure with days that are now numbered as signal replacements t... (more)

Detouring Amtrak train #11 climbs the grade on Tehachapi Pass as it approaches Tunnel 2 between Caliente and Bealville.

Between Mojave and Rosamond, detouring southbound Amtrak train #11 is making good time across the high desert as it heads toward Los Angeles.

Now on the final leg of it's 1,000+ mile trip from Seattle, Amtrak 166 leads the "San Joaquin Starlight" over the bridge at Ilmon.

As the sun slowly begins to set, Amtrak 166 leads the "San Joaquin Starlight" through the S-Curve at Keene.

The sun sets behind the newly built parking structure at Fullerton as the eastbound Southwest Chief rounds the curve along with a Metrolink train hidden behind it as they come into the station at ... (more)

The Silver Star rolls around a curve in Seville running right on time.

Car or Train? That is the question. Many people flock to the Sierras by driving up Interstate 80, but what better way to relax and see the beautiful mountains than by taking Amtrak's California Ze... (more)