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)
Rare Mileage on the Overland Route
Rare mileage and Rolling under the famed Ex-Colorado & Southern BNSF Front Range Subdivision 126’ thru truss bridge Amtrak 5 has just left the Cheyen... (more)
For some time Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr, Nos. 5 and 6, made a stop in Cheyenne, WY on their route between Denver and Ogden. This necessitated a runaround move at Cheyenne, as the trains came i... (more)
Train #6 lead by Amtrak 174 passes through the signals at Hermosa, Wyoming. The train was rerouted from Salt Lake City through Wyoming and down to Denver when wildfires made the Moffat Line in th... (more)
AMTK 180 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr through wide open prairie east of The Buttes in Wyoming. Due to a large wildfire blocking the route through the Colorado Rocky Mountains, Amtrak divert... (more)
Due to a massive fire in Glenwood Springs that shut down the Moffat Line, the California Zephyr had to detour through Wyoming. Here is Amtrak 155 (P42DC) leading the number 6 train through Hermos... (more)
Running towards the early morning sun Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr is approaching Rock Springs having passed the old station site of Kanda. A major maintenance of way project on the train'... (more)
Just days before Amtrak Trains 5 and 6 “San Francisco Zephyr” would discontinue running through Wyoming over the U.P. and take the place of Rio Grande’s “Rio Grande Zephyr” through the R... (more)