It is still a few weeks too early for fall colors to be in full swing. This eastbound coal load crosses South Boulder creek as it descends away from the Continental Divide. In the distance, you ca... (more)

BNSF 9374 leads UP 5471, BNSF 5503, BNSF 4514 and a train of mixed freight along East Portal Rd. just east of Tolland, CO. The snow-covered peaks of the Continental Divide are visible on this bea... (more)

What does springtime frequently look like in Colorado’s high country? A Union Pacific coal train drops down the two-percent grade just east of Tolland, Colorado, on May 1, 1999. Yes, May Day 199... (more)

No this isn't a train race. As a matter of fact, both trains are stopped. UP 7231 seen on the right experienced locomotive issues so UP 7156 seen on the left is going to give another unit to the 7... (more)

In at Tolland
On October 22, 2012, an eastbound coal train is slowing to a stop at the east end of Tolland siding on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. A former SP AC4400CW is... (more)

Eastbound leaving Tolland
After meeting Amtrak No. 5 at Tolland, Colorado, an eastbound Union Pacific coal train sweeps through the big curve and over Boulder Creek on the morning of Oc... (more)

At Tolland, the coal empty on the right parked in the siding experienced locomotive problems and is in need of a couple of extra units. Luckily, another coal empty following behind had several uni... (more)

Running 13 minutes early, Amtrak #5 the California Zephyr rounds the S-Curve going over Tolland Road as the train approaches CP DS049 of the East Portal. The train is just a little more then a mil... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific coal train eases downgrade away from Tolland, Colorado, and crosses Boulder Creek on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. The Continental Divide in the background has some of ... (more)

Yellow leafs and yellow locomotives combine as a westbound UP manifest rolls west through Tolland

Amtrak 5 rolls through the S curve just west of Tolland on its way west.

A westbound UP coal empty passes through Tolland, Colorado, on the climb to the Moffat Tunnel, amid the color of autumn.

Union Pacific 5867 and a long coal train rumble through the calm alpine meadow near Tolland, CO. Soon this train will be rolling through the Moffat Tunnel on it's way west towards the coal loading... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr rolls through a patch of golden aspen trees high in the Colorado Rockies near Tolland, CO.

BNSF 7435 pulls up the Moffat Route on its way to the Continental Divide. After dodging clouds since Clay, the sunshine near Tolland was a welcome reprieve.