Amtrak’s California Zephyr has just passed through 463-foot Tunnel 42 as it follows the Colorado River just east of Radium, Colorado, on the afternoon of June 19, 2023.
The California Zephyr has exited Tunnel #1 and begins the climb up the Moffat Tunnel Sub that will take them through 29 tunnels to get to the west side of the Continental Divide.
A rare morning thunderstorm, currently over the City of Boulder, creates some amazing contrast in the sky as partly cloudy skies dominate to the east over the plains. Under the unusual skies, we f... (more)
A BNSF freight enters the Big Ten Curve at Rocky, Colorado as it climbs the grade going west on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
The California Zephyr runs through Rollinsville, Colorado as a massive thunderhead blooms in the background along the Front Range.
A Union Pacific coal load slowly rolls past Eisele siding (formerly Clay), Colorado, on the afternoon of June 9, 2013. Waiting for the eastbound train down below is a UP coal empty sitting at the ... (more)
An eastbound coal train led by UP 5440 (ES44AC) heads into the Rainbow Cut at Plainview, Colorado.
Storm clouds greet the California Zephyr as it passes in front of Blue Mountain and into Coal Creek Canyon on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
Fresh Paint Westbound 5 climbs the tunnel district at Crescent, CO with 164’s first run with new Heritage Paint.
Into South Draw Amtrak 6 works east through old tunnel 17 inside South Draw.
The California Zephyr runs along the base of Blue Mountain as it heads up the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
The California Zephyr runs through Tunnel 4 on the Moffat Tunnel Sub as it heads higher into the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
BNSF 3275 (ES44C4) leads a westbound freight down the grade at Rocky, Colorado, passing another BNSF Freight that is waiting on the siding.
Heavy snow is falling as a deer scampers away from the track, just as the California Zephyr runs through the S curves at Rainbow Cut in Plainview, Colorado. On point is Amtrak's Operation Life Sa... (more)
Evening Light on the Rocks Eastbound and just from tunnel 1 Amtrak 6 runs around the tangent for the drop down into Coal Creek Canyon.