At first sunlight, the westbound Zephyr is nearly to its next stop at Denver’s Union Station where the long consist will be halved for the remainder of the run to California. The actual consist ... (more)

Amtrak 192 highballs the California Zephyr through Hudson, Colorado.

The California Zephyr emerges from a dense fog bank as it runs at reduced speed through Wiggins, Colorado.

Mother Nature provides a gold and blue palate for a colorful sunrise to greet the California Zephyr as it travels west to Denver, Colorado.

The California Zephyr runs through Roggen, Colorado on the Brush Sub, just as another beautiful sunrise graces the Front Range.

The California Zephyr lead by AMTK 176 was nearly 14 hours late yesterday due to a rock slide in Utah, allowing a rare sunlight shot of an eastbound Genesis at Crescent, Colorado.

After completing their station stop in Denver, Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr races past Barr Lake on June 1st, 2020 continuing the trip towards Chicago.

On a crisp Memorial Day morning, the westbound Zephyr is on time just east of Cliff. The California-bound train is passing through the last tunnel in the Tunnel District (when heading west), tunne... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr departs Chicago Union Station headed to the west coast. Though this train no longer operates the vista domes that made it famous, the scenery along the route is just as ... (more)

The Eastbound California Zephyr races through rural Iowa heading for Chicago.

A pair of IDTX Chargers lead the westbound California Zephyr through Brookfield. This is the first time a Charger has led a live long distance Amtrak train. This is preparation for when Amtrak's o... (more)

Chargers West - A pair of Siemens SC-44's lead California Zephyr through Earlville on inaugural run of thse units on Western Long Distance trains

Heavy snow is falling along the Colorado Front Range as the California Zephyr heads towards Tunnel #1 on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Contrary to how it might look, the California Zephyr is not making extra revenue by pulling a cut of coal cars. It is actually passing an idle coal train sitting on the Tonville siding until the ... (more)

Engineer Todd gives a friendly wave from the cab as Amtrak 822 & 184 lead a late California Zephyr through Meriden.