Amtrak engine #189 (P42DC) backs the California Zephyr 6 train into a foggy and snowy downtown Denver, Colorado as it heads to Union Station.

After meeting the eastbound California Zephyr 6 train at a siding in east Roggen, Colorado, the California Zephyr 5 train starts running again westbound on the Brush Sub towards Denver.

After completing its station stop in Ottumwa, Iowa, Amtrak's California Zephyr throttles up and continues west into the setting sun. On the point of this day's train is P42DC 160, painted for the ... (more)

AMTK 135 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr down the hill into Coal Creek Canyon as it heads to Denver, Colorado.

The California Zephyr 6 train heads east on the Brush Sub through Wiggins, Colorado, running past a large pond created from the numerous rainstorms that have pummeled the area.

Amtrak 175 & 194 power a 5hr late eastbound California Zephyr on BNSF's Hastings subdivision.

The Zephyr At Salt Creek. On July 27, 2020, the Amtrak California Zephyr (Train 6) was lengthened by 2 cars as Webb Rail's former New York Central "Babbling Brook" and Northern Pa... (more)

After meeting a westbound coal train at Thompson Springs, the eastbound California Zephyr dashes across the desert and under I-70 en route to Grand Junction.

A late running Amtrak No. 5, The westbound California Zephyr, rolls thru Glenshire to it's next station stop in Truckee CA.

On my first visit to northern California, in late April 1971, I rode Southern Pacific train 99, the Coast Daylight, to San Francisco, got bussed across the Bay to Oakland, and rode SP train... (more)

The California Zephyr gets by with a little help from their Union Pacific friends. UP 5518 (C45ACCTE) leads the Zephyr with a single P42 and two new Chargers in tow.

The California Zephyr drops into Rocky, Colorado while running west on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

With the sun only a few minutes from dropping below the horizon, Amtrak's California Zephyr hurries east across the Great Basin Desert with retro phase IV colors leading the charge.

The California Zephyr runs through Rollinsville, Colorado as it climbs higher on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

A rare sight finds the California Zephyr leaving the Cheyenne, Wyoming depot. Flooding in Nebraska damaged sections of track, necessitating the diversion through the northern part of Nebraska and... (more)