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Amtrak California Zephyr
This popular route between Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area features crossings of two challenging mountain ranges, the Rockies and the Sierras.
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Photo ID: 564872

In a scene normally traversed at night and with mountains reminiscent of Glacier Park hundreds of miles to the north, a late-running California Zephyr is seen racing across the high desert on a pe... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Wells, Nevada, USA
Locomotive #: UP 7606
Train ID: Amtrak 5
Photo Date: June 22, 2015


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By: Sean Kelly

Added: Feb 08, 2016

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Photo ID: 563113

The westbound California Zephyr winds its way through one of the canyons a few miles southwest of Burns, CO on January 23, 2016.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Burns, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 202
Train ID: AMTK 5
Photo Date: January 23, 2016


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By: Hunter Williams

Added: Jan 23, 2016

Views: 3,182
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Photo ID: 563014

Skirting a late spring rainstorm, Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr climbs the Wasatch range at Colton, Utah.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: EMD F40PH
Location: Colton, Utah, USA
Locomotive #: Amtrak 285
Train ID: Amtrak 5
Photo Date: May 26, 1987


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By: Doug Lilly

Added: Jan 23, 2016

Views: 3,768
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Photo ID: 559311

The morning Amtrak California Zephyr was sporting a double special on this day as it backed into the temporary terminal, with heritage locomotives AMTK 156 (Phase I paint special) and AMTK 66 (pha... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 156
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 20, 2011


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By: BUFFIE

Added: Dec 22, 2015

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Photo ID: 546953

Running right on schedule, Amtrak's number 5 train, aka the westbound "California Zephyr," splits the signals at Buda, IL on BNSF's Mendota Subdivision as it heads toward Galesburg where its next ... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Buda, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 175
Train ID: Amtrak 5
Photo Date: September 13, 2015


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By: Joe Wagner

Added: Sep 17, 2015

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Photo ID: 545178

California Zephyr trains typically round Arnold Loop during the midnight hours, so riders were treated to a daytime trip on this 12-hour late train. Also bringing up the rear is a Zephyr original,... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Wendover, Nevada, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 125
Train ID: AMTK 5
Photo Date: June 19, 2015


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By: Chris Fussell

Added: Sep 05, 2015

Views: 7,950
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Photo ID: 544807

California Zephyr number 6 works its way through Kyune, Utah on an early August morning.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Kyune, Utah, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 5
Train ID: AMTK 6
Photo Date: August 09, 2014


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By: Steve Ellis

Added: Sep 02, 2015

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Photo ID: 541865

The California Zephyr stops at Omaha, but the station on the right is the old and no longer used station. The current station is just next door, and is of the classic Amtrak design.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: Station
Location: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February, 2014


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By: Matt Donnelly

Added: Aug 09, 2015

Views: 4,012
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Photo ID: 541569

The conductor takes tickets at Galesburg for a sizable crowd prepares to board the California Zephyr.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: station
Location: Galesburg, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: November, 2013


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By: Matt Donnelly

Added: Aug 06, 2015

Views: 2,244
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Photo ID: 541304

The westbound California Zephyr comes to a stop to load passengers at the old railroad town of Colfax California.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Colfax, California, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 25
Train ID: AMTK 6
Photo Date: July 21, 2015


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By: Chris Mohs

Added: Aug 04, 2015

Views: 4,280
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Photo ID: 538964

Running 12 hours and 21 minutes behind schedule, Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr makes a rare daylight run over Soldier Summit on July 17, 2015.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Gilluly, Utah, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 168
Train ID: AMTK 5
Photo Date: July 17, 2015


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By: James Belmont

Added: Jul 19, 2015

Views: 2,782
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Favorited: 6
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Photo ID: 536601

There's no better way to travel than by train. Amtrak No. 6, the California Zephyr along BNSF's Creston Subdivision east of Prescott, Iowa.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: Sightseer Lounge
Location: Prescott, Iowa, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: A 6 1 17A
Photo Date: June 19, 2015


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By: John Crisanti

Added: Jun 29, 2015

Views: 5,779
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Photo ID: 535929

Amtrak No. 6,the eastbound California Zephyr, winds downhill along the Truckee River and under the Glenshire road bridge.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: East Truckee, California, USA
Locomotive #: Amtrak 183
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 17, 2015


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By: Chris Mohs

Added: Jun 23, 2015

Views: 2,252
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Photo ID: 535159

Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr curves through Thompson Springs, UT on its way to Chicago with two brand new Siemens ACS-64 electric motors in tow. A pleasant surprise while waiting for the ... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Thompson Springs, Utah, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 206
Train ID: AMTK 6
Photo Date: May 24, 2015


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By: Patrick Phelan

Added: Jun 16, 2015

Views: 6,979
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Photo ID: 530952

King of the Mountain: Four F40PH EMDs lead a 17 car California Zephyr east through Spanish Fork Canyon on New Year's Eve, 1990.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: EMD F40PH
Location: Red Narrows, Utah, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 395
Train ID: AMTK 6
Photo Date: December 31, 1990


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By: James Belmont

Added: May 15, 2015

Views: 4,751
Comments: 2

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