Eastbound through the storms of Summer, Amtrak California Zephyr glints vibrantly from the sun obscured by a micro-burst thunderstorm over Rocky and Leyden.

With only minutes of daylight left, Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr descends through the Rocky Mountains at Crescent, CO on June 5th, 2020.

The westbound Zephyr is between Tunnel 7 and Tunnel 8 in the heart of the Tunnel District on a beautiful May morning. The train is about to disappear in Tunnel 8 and, after emerging, the plains wi... (more)

Having just cut off it’s consist, seen sitting on the siding in the background, the power for the Ski Train runs around the train. The ski train will wait here until late afternoon when it will pi... (more)

Considering the circumstances, a 6 hour late Crescent isn't doing too bad, seen here meeting NS 290-09 in the afternoon remnants of a record setting 12" of early December snow in West Georgia... (more)

Cruising at track speed, Amtrak train 80 clears the signals at Lee on its way north through Linwood, NC on July 15, 2018.

Amtrak’s California Zephyr approaches Tunnel 42 along the Colorado River just east of Radium, Colorado, on its trip west on the former Rio Grande route through the Rockies. The view is from an ope... (more)

Rounding the bend to a clear home signal at North Chili on a snowy Christmas Eve.

The Crescent passes NS #290 at Sewell running a few hours late due to an unusual autumn snowstorm that dumped a foot of snow in parts of north Georgia

Not Exactly a Pinole Colony

Skirting the shore of San Pablo Bay on June 17, 2017, is Amtrak train 738, a San Jose to Sacramento Capitol Corridor train, passing through a tidal... (more)

Dodging shadows on its way into Jack London Square, a morning Amtrak California service makes its ferry move to the Oakland station for boarding.

Amtrak 186 breaks the silence of the small and quiet town of Pewaukee, WI as it heads west on the Empire Builder.

All is quiet in the Rensselaer shops on the evening of December 3rd, as employees await the arrival of the Toys for Tots train to be inspected.

The Empire Builder stops momentarily at the entrance to the Minnesota Commercial A Yard at St. Anthony Junction, where the conductor is required to line the switches at this location and po... (more)

The "Palmetto" heading north near sundown