East meets west with Amtrak 5 meeting Amtrak 6 at Azure Siding. 6 will make quick stop to hand off a lost coat for 5 to take back to its owner in Glenwood Springs

Amtrak 6 exits Tunnel 40 deep down in Gore Canyon. If the view for the passengers down there looking up is anything like the view down then it is quite spectacular.

The small train in the big canyon. With 8 locomotives up front and a long string of empties in tow a westbound empty hopper train follows the path of the Colorado River snaking its way through Gor... (more)

Exiting Gore Canyon, a westbound freight behind 5330, 5323, 5337, 3057 and 3018 tread carefully as they follow the Colorado river downstream in November 1981.

An eastbound coal train off the Craig Branch grinds along former Rio Grande trackage along side the Colorado River between Bond and Kremmling.

As the Kodachrome era comes to an end, one of the "joys" of slide (or any film) was to try and get that extra shot on the end of the roll. Usually the 21st or 37th shot was achievable and sometime... (more)

Browned out by an inconvenient cloud, the westbound RGZ passes the Amax siding at Kremmling in November 1981, from the same location as http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=348061&nseq=3 b... (more)

7,400 feet high in the heart of the Rocky Mountains on a classic Colorado fall afternoon, the California Zephyr continues its journey westward. The high peaks of the Continental Divide are seen in... (more)

After exiting Gore Canyon from the top left of the shot and trekking across open country, 5364, 5362, 5352, 5398 and 5406 make a spirited run through Kremmling siding with another eastbound coal i... (more)

In the classic formation for the period, five Tunnel Motors (5351, 5390, 5393, 5342 and 5369) power towards Flat from Troublesome with an eastbound coal in December 1981.

A location that I only found on my third drive along this dirt road, and it is not obvious without getting out and walking to the edge of the precipice! The shadows have receded far enough as the... (more)

The twists and turns of the Colorado river are evident as an eastbound freight disappears into Tunnel 42 at Radium as its head end reappears in the distance climbing up towards Little Gore Canyon,... (more)

With surrounding mountains almost merging with the leadened sky, 3093, 3108 and 3073 approaches Troublesome siding on a westbound freight in January 1982.

An eastbound SP coal drag rolls past the signal at Azure as it approaches the west end of Gore Canyon west of Kremmling.

91. The Gore Canyon is hands down one of the most breathtaking sites I have seen. The UP runs longer trains with mid train and rear DPUs but the BNSF run through trains seem to be shorter with onl... (more)