Bearing toward the subset along the Book Cliffs, the California Zephyr is about 26 hours into its journey to California from Chicago.
Amtrak 5 now has a 20MPH speed limit as they pass through the Blue Diamond Almond factory at Haggin.
Amtrak 192 leads the outbound California Zephyr through Bristol.
#82 and 14 lead California Zephyr #5 past Burlington Junction Railway switcher #900 in Montgomery, IL.
It's 4 degrees outside, and Amtrak #5 is rolling West at restricted speed through a snowstorm following the Flangers down Donner Pass.
A late westbound Amtrak Zephyr is crossing the massive bridge that spans the bay in Benicia. The clouds from a spring storm have just parted to let the setting sun out, to create a fant rainbow o... (more)
The California Zephyr exits the Tunnel District, eastbound approaching Pinecliffe.
California Zephyr #5 is about to enter Tunnel 13 as it climbs slowly out of Coldstream Canyon. The winter's snowfall is still holding strong in the distant Sierra mountain range on this beautiful... (more)
Westbound Amtrak Zephyr at the east switch of Grassy siding, Utah. This is midway between the towns of Green River and Wellington, Utah. These ex. D&RGW tracks run at the base of the spectacular B... (more)
The California Zephyr glides along San Pablo Bay on a clear Spring afternoon.
Amtk 79, California Zephyr, stopped on American River Bridge waiting for a signal to head west.
With the Sierra Mountain Range lurking high above, Amtrak #5 heads West through a s-curve after climbing through Coldstream Canyon.
A boy and his two dogs play fetch the tennis ball on a beautiful May afternoon, while Amtrak #5, the Westbound California Zephyr rolls by.
UP flanger (still lettered SP 320) clears Shed 47 for Amtrak 5, the California Zephyr.
SP Track One over Donner Pass, the original Central Pacific route, dramaticaly showed what the CP was up against when it built over Donner in 1866 with hand tools and black powder. But being on a... (more)