Under crystal clear skies, UP 1989 makes a rare appearance on the point of the Ski Train. The train is approaching Tunnel 1 on its way toward Winter Park.
High winds led to several snow drifts across the rails along the Front Range. The Rio Grande Heritage Unit leads the Ski Train through one such drift.
The westbound California Zephyr charges through freshly fallen snow at Tolland. It is about 1:15pm as Amtrak is approaching the Moffat Tunnel. The train has been delayed more than two hours since ... (more)
A quiet Colorado morning the day after a foot of snow fell in the second blizzard in 9 days. UP coal load is tied down on the siding at Leyden amongst the fog that has set in due to chilly early m... (more)
It is a quiet Colorado morning in the snow and the Ski Train is running about 25 minutes late as it rounds the curve at the base of Coal Creek Canyon just below tunnel one.
The Ansco Ski Train makes its first run of the 2006-2007 winter season. The train, led by SKTX 242 (ex-AMTK 242) hustles west near Chem Spur (MP 14.5) on Union Pacific's Moffat Tunnel Subdivision.
The signal at the east switch of Mounds appears clearly thanks to the lights from the town of Wellington, UT over the horizon. This was a 30 minute shot taken with a Canon Digital Rebel XT. The st... (more)
It has been suprisingly rainy in late August and early September this year in the Denver area. This westbound manifest - headed for UP's 36th Street Yard - is just west of Quebec street near the f... (more)
After meeting its counterpart - the MNYRO - at Cliff, the MRONY departs east out of Cliff headed for North Yard in Denver.
The MNYPH (headed for Phippsburg, CO on the Craig Branch) approaches the east portal of Tunnel 30. The train consists primarily of covered hoppers, with a few other cars thrown into the mix.
It is hard enough to find an unpatched Espee unit in Colorado at all anymore, let alone on the point of a coal train!
On a clear Colorado morning, the MRONY crosses the newly rebuilt bridge just east of Tolland on its trek east.
The California Zephyr passes the new housing development (called Alkire Estates) at Leyden under cloudy skies on its journey west.
UP 1989 meets an eastbound coal load at Crescent on its trip west. UP 1989 and crew were in the siding shortly before sunset. More at drgw.ws.
UP 1989 sits on the runaround track in North Yard at 9pm. The unit will lead the MNYPU south on the Joint Line, departing North Yard around 11pm.
