Amtrak train 5, the tri-weekly westbound San Francisco Zephyr, crosses the snow-covered Sierra Nevada Mountains as it heads west from Chicago to Oakland … but, oddly, not to its namesake ... (more)
Winter Wonderland
20” of new snow overnight bend the branches into submission for a frame up of the days westbound California Zephyr. Snow shoes would have helped.
A clear day over the Colorado Rockies and a fresh blanket of snow greet the crew of BNSF 6048 (ES44AC) as it passes through Crescent, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
The sun is out after a snowstorm dropped 20 inches at Crescent, Colorado. UP 2698 (ET44AH) rounds the corner leading an oil can train eastbound on the Moffat Tunnel Sub towards Denver.