Snow has blanketed Coal Creek Canyon as the California Zephyr runs towards Tunnel #1.

The California Zephyr gets ready to climb up to Tunnel #1 after running through Coal Creek Canyon on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

The California Zephyr #5 train runs towards Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado.

The California Zephyr runs through Keenesburg, Colorado as a golden sunrise glints off the side of the engines.

February Morning Light at Tunnel 1 An easy place to play the sun with a daily westbound.

AMTK 158 (P42DC) kicks up the snow in an orange glow of the sunrise as it runs through Keenesburg, Colorado on the Brush Sub.

Amtrak engine #158 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr through the trees in Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado.

The California Zephyr rounds the corner at Plainview, Colorado and will enter Tunnel #1, the first of 29 tunnels leading to the Moffat Tunnel at Tolland.

The California Zephyr runs through the S Curve at Coal Creek Canyon as it begins the climb up to Tunnel #1.

The California Zephyr runs through Keenesburg, Colorado at sunrise. The golden glow of the morning sun skips across the snow along the track and glints off the stainless-steel skin of the passeng... (more)

The California Zephyr 5 train pulls three private cars, making is one of the longest Zephyr trains since the Covid pandemic.

The California Zephyr climbs the grade towards Tunnel #1 out of Coal Creek Canyon. The scar on the landscape in the background is from developers paving paradise to put in yet more homes..

The California Zephyr has exited Coal Creek Canyon and climbs towards Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado, pulling three private cars on the back of the train. The air is thick with white smoke from... (more)

With heavy smoke from the Canadian wildfires wafting through the Colorado Front Range, the California Zephyr gets ready to cross Blue Mountain Road as it enters Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado.

The California Zephyr heads into the cut leading to Rocky, Colorado and will run under Highway 93 as it approaches Little Ten and Big Ten Curves.