The Rio Grande Zephyr train No. 18 glides east along the scenic Book Cliffs through Utah's Green River Desert on April 13, 1979.
The Book Cliffs offer a nice complementary back drop for this shot of Rio Grande tunnel motor 5360 at Solitude, UT, scanned from a Kodachrome.
Eastbound California Zephyr passing by, perfectly on time, somewhere between Green River and Thompson. Hours later, this train was photographed by Mike Danneman in Eisele, Colorado.
A freight heads for Grand junction
The future of Amtrak is being transported East on today's California Zephyr. This Siemens ACS-64 is the first of a 70 engine order that Amtrak placed. This engine will be taken off of #6 at Denver... (more)
Shots like this are why I love shooting in the Utah desert. The westbound Zephyr is moving along at 70 MPH just west of the siding of Desert. The Book Cliffs serve as a wonderful backdrop in the l... (more)
Celebrate the Century Express I set up at a curve just east of Green River, Utah, for Amtrak No. 6, the California Zephyr, on September 1, 1999. After photographing No. 6 at this loc... (more)
Amtrak's California Zephyr train #5 glides west through the Green River Desert at Cedar, Utah.
A Rio Grande SFT, 'Short Fast Train' climbs Cedar Hill in the Green River Desert just west of Grassy, Utah. The scenic Book Cliffs line the background, a range of desert mountains that span a dist... (more)
A coal train from Carbondale, Colorado grinds its way west up Rio Grande's Cedar Hill grade near Grassy, Utah. The train will eventually be delivered to the Kaiser Steel mill in Fontana, Californi... (more)
Amtrak 184, in charge of today's Eastbound California Zephyr, pauses for a brief station stop in the small town of Green River, Utah.
Amtrak's California Zephyr train #5 descends D&RGW's Subdivision 5 at the top of Cedar Hill in Utah's lonely Green River Desert.
Westbound "California Zephyr" through the Woodside with the Book Cliffs.
The eastbound California Zephyr heads away from Green River.UT. behind 133 and 161. The autumn colours (fall colors) do their best to brighten the scene.
Bearing toward the subset along the Book Cliffs, the California Zephyr is about 26 hours into its journey to California from Chicago.
