AMTK 73 leads the California Zephyr, near Thompson. UT. in 2001.

I got the chance to catch the Amtrak charger test train this morning. It's on the route of the California Zephyr, train 6. It was running about 2 hours behind the actual number 6 as train 952. The... (more)

I was able to catch Amtrak heritage unit 130 today, for the first time. The westbound Zephyr was 18 hours late. Allowing photo locations that generally are passed in the middle of the night.

A friendly wave is given from the engineer of the Eastbound California Zephyr. The train is descending Thompson hill and engineer Daryl Pugh is at the controls for his last Eastbound trip before r... (more)

The California Zephyr rolls through the barren and stark, yet beautiful countryside of Utah.

The Desert Wind / Pioneer is heading up Utah's Echo Canyon early in the morning.

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

Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr rockets across the Utah desert near Green River on the former Denver & Rio Grande.

Amtrak No. 6 speeds through the curve at Thompson Springs on its way to Denver.

Amtrak's California Zephyr glides through the Jordan Narrows near Bluffdale, Utah. The train was 17 1/2 hours late due to extreme weather in Nebraska, causing it to make a rare daylight appearanc... (more)

A early morning Utah Railway coal train waits to enter the main. As Amtrak number 6 the Zephyr races by.

I wanted to back up a little further from the tracks for this shot but could not. The private road behind me was not plowed and high snow berms created by plowing out the public road crossing dire... (more)

New Year's Day 1991 finds Amtrak's California Zephyr train No. 6 climbing the Mapleton Bench near Spanish Fork with freshly shopped and painted F40PH No. 353 in the lead.

On a beautiful August morning. Amtrak 5 and 117 pull California Zephyr train number 6 thought the west end of Soldier Summit.