On New Year's Eve 1990, Amtrak ran one of the longest California Zephyr trains I've witnessed. A matched quartet of EMD F40PHs lead the 17 car train east through Gilluly on the Denver & Rio Grande... (more)

American author/photographer/historian Lucius Beebe's 'Virginia City' Pullman observation car takes a tour of the Denver & Rio Grande Western coupled to Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 at Gill... (more)

With 11,749 ft. Mt. Timpanogos looming in the background, Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 roars east through Springville, Utah. Built by EMD in Dec. 1987, the 403 was one of the last new F40PH... (more)

Here's a different perspective of a familiar location. Rather than grab the typical track level shot in Price Canyon at Lynn, I decided to climb a rock outcropping and gain some elevation. Amtrak'... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr train #5 roars west along the south shore of the Great Salt Lake on the former Western Pacific Railroad.

Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 winds its way east through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon.

Mismatched GE power leads Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon.

Running five hours behind schedule, Amtrak's Desert Wind train #36 skirts the southern shore of the Great Salt Lake at Lake Point, Utah. A Union Pacific mixed freight train is running parallel to ... (more)

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr catches some late evening light climbing Thompson Hill east of Thompson, Utah, on July 7, 1988. The old narrow gauge right-of way used when the route was fir... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 glides east over the Price River entering Wellington Canyon near Wash, Utah.

AMTK 156 West races the sunset on the planet of Mars, with the California Zephyr in tow... Really, its Eastern Utah, not Mars!

Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr arrives at the D-Street crossing in Helper, Utah.

Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 climbs through Spanish Fork Canyon at the site of the Rio Grande ghost town of Mill Fork.

Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 stops briefly at the D&RGW passenger station in Provo, Utah. The 75 year old structure would have six months of service remaining before demolition. This perspe... (more)

On a beautiful Spring morning in 1986, Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 glides east on D&RGW rails at American Fork, Utah. Snowmelt on 10,620 ft. Flat Top Mountain of the Oquirrh Range is well ... (more)