The California Zephyr exits Tunnel #1 and heads to the Plainview Crossing as it journeys into the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

D&RGW PA1 6011 leads train number 9, The Yampa Valley Mail, near Plainview Colorado sometime in the 1950s. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

D&RGW 2-8-2 1201 leads a six car "Panoramic" (DRGW 6) doing 30 MPH at Plainview Colorado in 1936. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The California Zephyr exits Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado. There will be 28 more tunnels before the train crosses under the Continental Divide.

Snow falls at Plainview, Colorado as the Winter Park Express Ski Train takes a load of skiers to the resort on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

The Amtrak Winter Park Express Ski Train climbs out of Coal Creek Canyon towards Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado.

Amtrak's Phase VII engine #174 (P42DC) leads the Winter Park Express out of Tunnel #1 and heads towards Plainview, Colorado.

First run of a phase 7 P42 duo heads across a bridge as it heads up towards tunnel one.

Freezing fog and light snow shrouds Tunnel #4 at Plainview, Colorado as UP 8530 (SD70ACe) leads the Grand Junction to Denver freight down the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Amtrak’s 50th anniversary locomotive painted in Heritage I colors, GE P42DC, No. 161, leads the eastbound California Zephyr into the horseshoe curve at Coal Creek Canyon between Plainview and Ei... (more)

Freezing fog and light snow blankets Plainview, Colorado as the Amtrak Winter Park Express Ski Train exits Tunnel #1 on its way into the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

The sun has set on March 31, 2024, as an eastbound Union Pacific coal train slowly drops downgrade into the curve passing over the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon between Plainview and Eiesle, Colorado... (more)

The California Zephyr 6 train was over 21 hours late getting into Denver after being held at Frazer, Colorado due to 98+ mph winds along the Colorado Front Range. Here we see the duel heritage ... (more)

Amtrak engine 174 in Phase VII paint rounds the corner after coming out of Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado.

Amtrak engine #205 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr through Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado.