Amtrak 5, California Zephyr, Colorado Rockies

This is footage I shot from Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr train number 5 while passing through the Rocky Mountains in the state of Colorado on August 19, 2004. I had boarded the train in Chicago, Illinois on August 18, 2004, passed through the Colorado Rocky Mountains on August 19, 2004, & I reached my final destination of Reno, Nevada on August 20, 2004.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Amtrak
• California
• Zephyr
• Colorado
• Rocky
• Mountains

[ShrinehillRail]

I found that typos in the video itself cannot be fixed unless you dump your copy on youtube and go back to the original copy and change it and then reload it unfortunately' I have some on mine and I have fixed a couple of them that way.. from Newman

[CoastStarlight11]

@ShrinehillRail Yeah I read the titles like 20 times and dang it there were a few typos. I meant to say "following the Colorado River part of the way". The thing of it is, if I deleat this video then I loose all my views and comments. I can deleat the video and reupload to fix it but I loose all the nearly 4,000 hits and tons of comments.

[ShrinehillRail]

I recently traveled that same route over Thanksgiving 2010 and got a lot of photos and video but have not edited it yet. We got into the very first snows in Winter Park and again after Reno around Truckee. What a wonderful trip!!

from Newman

[CoastStarlight11]

@ShrinehillRail Nice! I have ridden the California Zephyr several times over the years round trip between Reno and Chicago. Its quite a fun trip.

[msk578]

I"ve ridden the California Zephyr between Denver and Glenwood Springs, CO. I would love to do it again someday. It's just amazing the sights you can see that cannot be seen by car or if you're an extreme terrain hiker.

And I know it was a typo, but this stretch of track doesn't even hit the Colorado River until several hours in and it's after the Granby Stop. It does parallel the Fraser River between Moffat Tunnel and Granby.

Great video!

[CoastStarlight11]

@msk578 Yeah that is a typo that can not be fixed. I meant to say following the Colorado river towards the end of the video. I have ridden the Zephyr round trip between Reno and Chicago several times over the years and its quite a fun trip.

[CoastStarlight11]

@AnotherAmateur Thanks!!! I have ridden the Zephyr round trip between Reno and Chicago several times over the years. Its quite a fun trip.

[AnotherAmateur]

Great video! We took the California Zephyr and then the Cardinal to Baltimore and back to the west coast. I have the videos on my channel if you want to take a look. Next to driving across the country, Amtrak is the very best way to see America.

[CoastStarlight11]

@dheurt1 Its a typo that can not be fixed.

[dheurt1]

Some one needs to tell this guy that the Colorado River is on the Pacific watershed of the Rockies. I don't think the Colorado runs uphill from Denver