On time California Zephyr eastbound to Grand Junction

With some recent moisture, even the grasses on the front range mountains have started to turn green. On the afternoon of May 4, 2018, Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr descends the trackage t... (more)

Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr descends the grades of the Moffat Tunnel route rounding Big 10 Curve between Eisele and Rocky, Colorado, on the afternoon of May 4, 2018. Leading the train i... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr is stopped at the Burlington station stop roughly 2 hour late. The train now has the highball and will creep towards the Mississippi River Bridge in less than a mile and... (more)

The California Zephyr slowly pulls into the station stop at Burlington around 2 hours late. The BNSF drops down grade into the Mississippi River Valley from West Burlington. At the bottom of the g... (more)

Amtrak # 6 the Zephyr is making it way up Spanish Fork Canyon.

On a beautiful afternoon the in the High Sierras, Amtrak No. roars uphill a little west of Shed 10. On the point as lead helper is Rio Grande GP60 No. 3156. The Rio Grande unit will stay on the tr... (more)

The eastbound California Zephyr rolls out of the setting sun at Kremmling, CO.

Amtrak #6, the eastbound California Zephyr, eases out of Tunnel 29.

Denver Union Station is already decorated for Christmas as our train makes a station stop at the platform.

Amtrak No. 6 rolls downhill next to the Truckee River near Boca, CA. Her two SDP40Fs apparently provided plenty of power for today's consist, since the train didn't require a lead helper to get it... (more)

Amtrak No. 6 passes the BNSF yard in Burlington, IA, as it heads for the crossing of the Upper Mississippi River into Illinois.

Running 2 hours behind schedule, the eastbound California Zephyr arrives into Glenwood Springs with an unfamiliar leader at the helm. The westbound service had just departed Glenwood, running on t... (more)

On March 5, 2012, Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr is eastbound through the barren desert landscape at Solitude, Utah. Apparently the locomotive recently hit some livestock on the engineerâ... (more)

Amtrak coming through the hills of Colorado.