Snow is falling in Coal Creek Canyon as the California Zephyr runs towards the horseshoe curve over Highway 72.

Amtrak engine #203 with the special Operation Life Saver scheme makes a brief stop at the Raton Station in New Mexico. Soon it will be running south at 78 miles per hour to the next station at La... (more)

Amtrak engine #203 (P42DC in the special Operation Life Saver scheme) splits the semaphores at Wagon Mound, New Mexico. These are some of the last operational semaphores in the country.

Amtrak engine #203 (P42DC) splits the signals at East Raton as it heads to the Station in New Mexico.

Amtrak 91 scoots into Volusia County on a hot morning

Amtrak's Phase I Anniversary "Bloody Nose" Heritage Unit leads the Capitol Limited eastbound through Gaithersburg, Maryland.

This is only the fourth Amtrak train 4, the Southwest Chief, to load its initial load of passengers in Fullerton rather than Los Angeles. This was due to a four-day shutdown of the trackag... (more)

A special photo indeed -- the final run of an Amtrak engineer. He'll retire after marking off in Washington Terminal. Racing into the literal and metaphorical sunset, Amtrak Northeast Regional tra... (more)

Amtrak's Operation Life Saver engine #203 (P42DC) leaves the station at Raton, New Mexico and will head south towards the Semaphore at Wagon Mound.

Shortly after leaving the platform at Trinidad, Colorado, Amtrak special Operation Lifesaver #203 (P42DC) leads the Southwest Chief through the S curves between Trinidad and Raton, New Mexico

Amtrak special Operation Lifesaver #203 (P42DC) leads the Southwest Chief through Model, Colorado on its way to Trinidad.

Snow is whipped up by the California Zephyr as it runs through Arvada, Colorado after leaving Denver's Union Station.

Smoke and fire!

The California Zephyr runs through a cut as snow falls and will soon enter one of 29 tunnels as it climbs into the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

Snow is falling as the California Zephyr runs through Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado.