Ontime (altered schedule) California Zephyr has just negotiated the Big 10 Curves and heads toward the huge horseshoe at the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon.

The westbound California Zephyr rips through Troublesome, where trains have picked up time between canyons for decades.

Amtrak 5 rolls slowly through Byers Canyon just west of Hot Sulfur Springs, with Amtrak 203 in tow. Once it exits the canyon, it will hit the gas all the way to Kremmling before slowing down to en... (more)

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr is about to plunge into Tunnel 42 just east of Radium, Colorado, on June 24, 2024.

Amtrak #5 slides through DeBeque Canyon

Amtrak #5 speeds westwards through the desolate Utah desert at 'Floy' on the former D&RGW

Amtrak #5 skirts along the Colorado River down the Dotsero Cutoff

Tunnel 16 Amtrak 5 the California Zephyr is running through the big tangent in South Draw from tunnel 16 on June 14, 2024.

Evening at Plainview Eastbound at Plain, tunnel 1 up next. Amtrak California Zephyr is on time.

Amtrak #5 tears past the west end of 'Utahline' crossing into Utah from Colorado at the mouth of Ruby Canyon.

The passengers of Amtrak number 5 are being treated to a pristine morning in the Sierra Nevada as they climb along the Truckee River in an area east of Truckee, CA known as Glenshire. Aside from t... (more)

A late season winter storm coats the Front Range with snow as Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr rolls through Pinecliffe, Colorado, on March 27, 2024.

Amtrak’s California Zephyr dashes its way west through a winter wonderland at Crescent while slowly climbing Colorado’s Front Range mountains on March 15, 2024.

On March 15, 2024, after 42 inches of snow fell on Crescent during a major Colorado Front Range storm, the view of snow-covered scenery from Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr would have been ... (more)

Amtrak P42 174, wearing the newest scheme, leads the California Zephyr West though Brookfield.