Stormy skies loom as the California Zephyr sits stopped in emergency after coming close to striking two trespassers walking down the tracks. An employee guards the open door from which the conduc... (more)

The crew secures a cable knocked lose by snow and ice. Photo taken with permission and necessary PPE.

Amtrak No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, has just exited 294-foot Tunnel 39 and is now threading 63-foot Tunnel 40 in the heart of Little Gore Canyon between Azure and Radium, Colorado, on t... (more)

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr leaves Rocky, Colorado, while climbing the 2% grades up the Front Range on August 26, 2013.

Passengers off of the California Zephyr head into the station at the end of the line.

California Zephyr station stop, Frazer/Winter Park.

Passengers wait to board the California Zephyr on a cold winter night.

The lead locomotive of Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, approaches Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, Colorado, on June 9, 2014. In the background sitting in the siding at Rocky is westbound Union Pa... (more)

Operating through a slow order, Amtrak No. 5 crawls over the fill on the approach to Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, Colorado, on June 9, 2014. A section of track on the fill was just lifted and hand-... (more)

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr is led by “Phase I Heritage” GE P42DC No. 156 just east of Plain, Colorado, on the morning of March 30, 2014.

The westbound 'California Zephyr', with Amtrak P42DC #63 on the point, stands at Glenwood Springs Amtrak station. My wife & I rode this train as part of a trip from Buffalo to Sacramento (on the '... (more)

Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, climbs through the curves on the approach to Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado, on March 30, 2014. On the rear are two private cars; the Puget Sound and Sie... (more)

Running about an hour and a half late, Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, curves toward Tunnel 1 east of Plainview on a warm spring morning in Colorado on March 30, 2014.

Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, slices through short Tunnel 29 just east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on August 28, 2000.

Amtrak P42DC #63 leads our train, the westbound 'California Zephyr' through Fraser Canyon, CO. My wife & I rode this train as part of a trip from Buffalo to Sacramento (on the 'Lakeshore Limited'... (more)