Amtrak's California Zephyr rounding the curve at Shady Glen before its next stop at Colfax, CA.

DNWP. The area around Byers Canyon was first lined with the tracks of the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (DNWP) in Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado by the Colorado River in 1905. The c... (more)

March Snows Bring.... A post-winter snow storm's effects are still in evidence on March 24, 2022, as Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome/sleeper 313 (WEBX 80... (more)

The event of AMTK 90221 (F40NPCU, Salutes Out Veterans, formerly AMTK 221, F40PH) passing through Reno, Nevada brought out everyone and their mother. Apparently.

Green River Sunset. The sun was just above the horizon on the Amtrak California Zephyr (Train 5) crossed the Green River in On March 24, 2022. Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway B... (more)

Above It All In Auburn. Amtrak Train 5 (California Zephyr) had an extra and colorful addition to the head end, seen passing over Interstate 80 in Auburn, California on the afternoon of Frid... (more)

Middle Bridge, South And East. Amtrak Train 5 (California Zephyr) had 3 Private Varnish cars on the rear as it crossed the Benicia-Martinez Railroad Draw Bridge between those two communitie... (more)

A Phase IV Sort of Day: Amtrak 184, a P42DC type built in 2001, wears the company's Phase IV paint scheme as part of the railroad's 40th Anniversary celebrations in 2011. Over 10 years late... (more)

Amtrak 5 ducks under the Santa Fe main at Cameron on the BNSF Ottumwa Subdivision with the Veterans P42DC leading.

The westbound California Zephyr pulls into the tourist town of Glenwood Springs, running about a half hour late. Not visible behind the tree line are three private cars on the rear.

Running two hours later than normal due to scheduled track maintenance, Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr climbs through the Rocky Mountains between the sidings of Tolland and East Portal on UP... (more)

It's a beautiful spring morning in the Rocky Mountains as Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr climbs the grade up to Tunnel One in Coal Creek Canyon, CO on April 24th, 2020 with Amtrak's Veterans... (more)

On a cold November morning, Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr races out of the fog in Tonville, CO with the Phase IV and Phase III heritage units 184 and 822 leading the train on November 5th... (more)

On a warm August afternoon, a tardy Amtrak 5 rolls west through the siding at Rollinsville, CO with the Phase I heritage unit #156 on point on August 5th, 2019.

Amtrak #5 is drifting west down the ridge line at Emigrant Gap, beside interstate 80, toward Sacramento, CA. The clouds above scatter across the eastern skies and over the Tahoe National Forest of... (more)