A heavy early morning fog is just lifting off the Flatiron rock formations at Plainview, Colorado, as Amtrak’s California Zephyr crosses the west switch at Plain and is about to enter Tunnel 2 a... (more)

The California Zephyr gets it own scenic runby courtesy of the local wildlife, as the racket of the silver iron horse sends a herd of elk running along the tracks at the foot of the Rocky Mountain... (more)

Amtrak No. 5 comes around the granite ledge at Yuba Gap on the original Donner alignment. The new alignment, which tunnels through the granite here, is in the foreground. For now at least, the tra... (more)

Name: Westbound Amtrak 5 "City of San Francisco" climbs Donner Pass.

After a minor ice/snow storm coated everything nicely with winter, Amtrak's California Zephyr heads west over Blue Mountain Drive west of Clay, Colorado, on February 8, 2001.

It was a nice sight, as the "Pointless Arrow" Amtrak heritage unit (Phase I) came rolling around the corner in Biggsville. This is Amtrak #5, the outbound California Zephyr, about 25 miles from it... (more)

Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr is westbound, but for a moment on the approach to Big 10 Curve, is pointed east, as the train travels between Rocky and Clay on the morning of May 31, 2012. Cla... (more)

Amtrak No. 5 pauses at Truckee for passengers. At right, a Jordan spreader awaits the snows of the coming winter.

Amtrak’s California Zephyr curves through Tunnel 38 in Gore Canyon near Azure, Colorado, on May 25, 1991. On the point are four F40PHs, pulling the Superliner train through the Colorado Rockies.

AMTK 156 West races the sunset on the planet of Mars, with the California Zephyr in tow... Really, its Eastern Utah, not Mars!

CHICAGO! The Southwest Chief departs promptly at 2pm led by heritage P42 #156, while a true Chicago veteran watches from the Amtrak yard. IC 100 was awaiting its return to CN after participating... (more)

Amtrak No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, climbs through a snowy Crescent, Colorado, on March 19, 1998.

A late-arriving #5, Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr, pulls into the attractive Glenwood Springs depot which houses a very nice railroad museum. A loaded UP coal train waits to depart on the 2... (more)

Currently running on former Milwaukee Road rails, the outbound California Zephyr (#5) heads out of Chicago, preparing to jump on the former CNW, just east of A-2. BNSF track work has forced a deto... (more)

#5 is only beginning its trip to California, as it passes the BNSF's Eola Yard.