Snow and flocked the trees and fog shrouds Coal Creek Canyon as the California Zephyr runs through the cut leading to the climb towards Tunnel #1.

The Southwest Chief rolls along authorized for 90 mph across most of the Marceline Sub. The train will have to slow to 50 mph for the curves down into the Des Moines River Valley here in a few mil... (more)

Amtrak #4 makes their way into Iowa as they cross the Des Moines River. The Chief has less than 20 miles to the next stop at Ft. Madison, and is making good time from LA with nearly on-time schedu... (more)

AMTK 198 (P42DC) skirts the base of Blue Mountain as it heads into Coal Creek Canyon on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Amtrak’s 50th anniversary locomotive painted in Heritage I colors, GE P42DC, No. 161, leads the eastbound California Zephyr into the horseshoe curve at Coal Creek Canyon between Plainview and Ei... (more)

As a passenger watches out the rear window, the California Zephyr 5 train gets ready to enter the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel.

As light snow falls over Denver, Colorado, the California Zephyr 5 train gets ready to back into Union Station, which sits amongst the high-rise buildings.

It seems the California Zephyr is destined to be led by a pair of Phase VII P42's. This colorful consist is a welcomed addition for photographs along the Moffat Route.

The California Zephyr 5 train has left Denver and is running towards Rocky, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

With most Amtrak trains doing the posted 70mph (60mph for freight) on the Mohawk, Amtrak P-281 with the "Connecting America for 50 Years" midnight blue 100 unit passes Lock 14 at restric... (more)

Amtrak P42 99 shoves a trainset into the yard in Chicago.

The California Zephyr 5 train runs through Keenesburg, Colorado at sunrise.

Here we get a good look of the new Phase VII paint scheme that has started to grace the P42DC's as the California Zephyr 6 train runs past the BNSF's intermodal facility in Denver, Colorado.

The California Zephyr 6 train rousts the pigeons as it runs past the Union Pacific's North Yard in Denver, Colorado.

Stormy weather is moving over Coal Creek Canyon as the California Zephyr heads into the Colorado Rocky Mountains on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.