One of the two engineers in the cab of the eastbound Zephyr has the window open and is checking out the drone, which is pacing the train as it approaches the west switch of Eisele (Clay).
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AMTK 27 and AMTK 158 lead the eastbound Zephyr around the curve, away from the Blue Mountain Road Crossing through a remarkably green scene, thanks to the fourth wettest May in recorded history in the Denver area.
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The eastbound Zephyr has just crossed CO-72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. The train is moving in-and-out of shadows from the many clouds in the western sky. A pair of privately own cars bring up the tail end of the Zephyr on this Friday evening.
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Former UP dome car 7003, now the Charter Club, and St James Place, now both Charter cars, bring up the tail end of the eastbound Zephyr, catching a ride to a destination somewhere to the east.
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On a day that has seen some significant thunderstorms, the Zephyr glides along east of Plain, approach Tunnel 1, under mostly cloudy skies on its trip east toward Denver.
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The month of May is one of the best for getting outside and getting pictures along the Front Range. It is the one month when things tend to be lush and green. This morning is no exception as a refurbished P40DC leads a seven car Zephyr westbound.
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After a few days of extreme haze due to smoke blowing down to Colorado from forest fires in Canada, things are slightly less hazy this morning as the Zephyr, running about 25 minutes late, heads west out of Leyden with the Denver skyline in the distance.
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The westbound Zephyr glides west on the main at Plain, having just knocked down a clear (green) signal at the east end. If you look closely in the distance, toward the top-right of the image, you can spot the east portal of Tunnel 4.
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The westbound Zephyr has just emerged from Tunnel 1, with three privately owned passenger cars bringing up the rear of the train. The train is sliding by the fresh development on the new Canyon Pines neighborhood currently under construction.
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Climbing up from Coal Creek Canyon toward Tunnel 1, the westbound Zephyr has seven Superliners and three privately owned passenger cars today, making it quite a bit longer than a typical Zephyr.
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Near the west end of Eisele, a trio of privately owned passenger cars make for a colorful sight as the westbound Zephyr rolls past a colorful cut in the side of the mountain.
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Winter runoff and a very wet 10 days or so in May has resulted in a very green Front Range! A wonderful time to get shots of trains like this westbound Zephyr. 10 to 11 months out of the year will find areas like this far more brown than green.
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The east two thirds of Eisele (Clay) is relatively straight. However, as you can see in this shot, there is a little dog leg to the left before an S-curve to the right and then left toward the west end. The westbound Zephyr, running almost four hours late, is headed toward the less-than-straight stretch of track on the main.
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The Salsbury Beach sports the steel-fluted sides of many of the Pullman-built passenger cars from the early-to-mid 20th century. The car, lettered for the Boston and Maine railroad, is now privately own and catching a ride on the westbound California Zephyr.
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The Colonial Crafts passenger car was built by the Pullman Car Company and is now privately owned. It sometimes gets out along the rails, as seen here, catching a ride on the rear of Amtrak.
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