Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr crosses South Boulder Creek and emerges from the Tunnel District east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on a snowy March 28, 2016. Trailing lead GE P42DC No. 81 is â€... (more)

The California Zephyr has started it's westward climb towards Donner Pass on a nice day in May of 1994.

On a beautiful Spring morning, The California Zephyr, No. 6, charges westbound up the east slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the Summit at Norden,

Amtrak train 5, the California Zephyr makes good time on the center track heading west on BNSF through Highlands, IL. The GE P40 makes quite a different impression than the trailing EMD F40PH.

Amtrak No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, runs around a westbound Union Pacific coal empty at Rollinsville, Colorado, on August 5, 2006. The concrete strips on the right are the foundation of... (more)

The California Zephyr is nearing the end of its journey and will be at its final destination in a little while, but not before skirting the scenic San Pablo Bay.

Running on time the westbound California Zephyr is cruising west towards the lowering sun on the former Rio Grande in Utah between Floy and Solitude.

Outbound California Zephyr.

The morning Amtrak California Zephyr departs Denver Union Station sporting a triple power lash up, including AMTK 184 painted in the anniversary phase IV heritage scheme. Also outbound on the tra... (more)

A beautiful train with the two matching Amtrak heritage units 822 and 145. The train is preparing to depart westward into the night out of Salt Lake City. An autorack train is streaking by to the ... (more)

California Zephyr #5 rolls down the west slope of the Sierras, about to pass underneath Interstate 80 in Emigrant Gap.

I couldn't resist getting a shot of this one when I heard it was coming. Amtrak Heritage units as 822 and 145 at the Salt Lake City Amtrak station. Amazingly they arrived into Salt Lake City 45 mi... (more)

Outbound California Zephyr.

Spring rainstorms hover over the Book Cliffs as Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr flies out of Desert, Utah, on May 4, 2003.

Amtrak No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, is climbing the grade toward Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, Colorado, on September 6, 2001. In the background waiting in the siding at Clay is an eastbo... (more)