Amtrak California Zephyr

Aamtrak 5 at Eder

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Amtrak California Zephyr

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Amtrak 87 GE P42DC

Amtrak 87 in Yuba Gap
At 5:02 p.m. on June 27, 2014 a late Amtrak train 5 has Amtrak 87 and 78 for power in Yuba Gap, CA.

AM 137 GE P42DC

Number 5 at Eder
Amtrak 137 leading train number 5 at Eder, CA (Donner Pass) on Sunday, August 15, 2010.

AM 140 GE P42

Number 5 at Davis
Amtrak train number 5 is at Davis, CA at 7:02 p.m. on Thursday, August 12, 2010. The sun is reflecting on the side of the diner car.

AM 159 GE P42DC

Five emerges from Shed 10
Amtrak number five emerges from Shed 10 on the UP Roseville Subdivision (Donner Pass Line) at 5:07 p.m. on August 14, 2010. This train has Private Varnish cars Silver Splendor and Pacific Sands.

AM 175 GE P42DC

Six approaching Shed 10
On August 14, 2010 train number six approaches Shed 10 on Union Pacific's Roseville Subdivision (Donner Pass).

AM 184 GE P42DC - Heritage Unit

184 on number 6
At 9:56 a.m. Amtrak 184 leads train number 6 as it approaches CP RV 33 Vista in Martinez, CA on October 22, 2011.

Trains 5 & 6 - Am 198 & 203 GE P42DCs

Train 5 - Am 203 in Cisco, CA
On June 29, 2014 at 1:50 p.m. a westbound Amtrak Train 5 with Am 203 leading and another unit behind it and with three private cars, Iowa Pacific's Baton Rouge, Scenic View, Colorado Pine on the rear is in Cisco, CA exiting Cisco Tunnel 38.
Train 6 - Am 198 in Cisco, CA
On June 29, 2014 train 6 is heading east at Cisco, CA.

AM 426 EMD E9

E unit in Oakland
Amtrak 426, an E9, was sitting at the 16th Street Station in Oakland on number 6 while a string of refers passed by in 1974.

AM 586 EMD SDP40F

SDP40F 586 hustles number 6
Amtrak SDP40F 586 hustles train number 6 past Anderson Lumber, near McClellan AFB along Roseville Road at Planehaven in Sacramento, CA in Feb. 1978.

Amtrak 198 GE P42DC

Amtrak 198 on 5 at Shed 47
Westbound Train 5 with Am 198, 130 at Shed 47, on the Union Pacific above Donner Lake, on the Donner Pass Line, in California at 12:05 p.m.on June 28, 2014.

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