The California Zephyr shines in the last sunlight of the day, highballing eastbound thru fall color in a Rocky Mountain valley.

Looking more like Mars than Earth, the eastbound California Zephyr skirts the Book Cliffs in eastern Utah. This is likely one of the most difficult spots I've ever shot. Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Floy, Utah, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 94
Train ID: AMTK 6
Photo Date: September 19, 2008

Amtrak #6, the Eastbound California Zephyr has just started it's climb up Soldier Summit, passing over a small creek about 20 miles east of Provo.

Amtrak #6 rounds the bend at Rio, slowly climbing the famous ex-DRGW Soldier Summit. I hope the passengers woke up early to see the scenery!

Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 crosses from main #1 to main #2 at CP Colton, five miles east of Soldier Summit. Dispatcher #78 lined the little streamliner ahead of a Utah Railway coal empty.

Captured moments after sunrise, Amtrak's California Zephyr heads east through Spanish Fork Canyon just east of the ghost town of Thistle, Utah.

The quiet of Pinole is briefly broken as the Eastbound California Zephyr passes through town just 10 minutes out of it's point of origin.

The weather was all over the place on this June morning as the eastbound California Zephyr heads east through the Utah Desert. While I'd like to say the lightning was planned, I didn't even know I... (more)

Charging east up Utah's Soldier Summit, Amtrak's California Zephyr #6 winds along the Spanish Fork River, just east of Castilla. The train is about 18 miles east of it's most recent stop at Provo,... (more)

Amtrak 6 just a few minutes late, just a few miles east of Green River, UT.

Amtrak 6 California Zephyr pops out of the Kyune Tunnels on Soldier Summit on a mostly cloudy morning. Thankfully the sun popped out just in time!

Amtrak's California Zephyr #6 emerges from the Thistle Tunnels, headed east toward Chicago. These tunnels and track realignment were the result of a massive mudslide the shut down the D&RGW mainli... (more)

Running nearly 90 minutes behind schedule at the crack of dawn, Amtrak's California Zephyr pulls east through the former ghost town of Mill Fork, Utah. Rio Grande built a trainorder depot, a side ... (more)

After a long difficult climb - for the photographers - we are rewarded with this view of the eastbound California Zephyr. The scenery out here in the Utah desert is stark, and striking.

Running several hours behind schedule, Amtrak's California Zephyr glides east along the southern shore of the Great Salt near Burmester, Utah. This trackage was once part of Western Pacific Railro... (more)