After running through Coal Creek Canyon, the California Zephyr climbs the steep grade up to Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado.

A bright sunny morning greets the passengers on the California Zephyr as the 5 train climbs up to Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado.

Rio Grande EMD GP60 Nos. 3155 and 3154 power a summer edition of the Rio Grande Ski Train downgrade out of Plainview, Colorado, on the afternoon of August 5, 2000. For a short while anyway, these ... (more)

The Rio Grande Ski Train is threading Tunnel 3 and 4 as it climbs the Colorado’s front range just west of Plainview, Colorado, on January 18, 1998. On the rear are business cars “Kansas”, �... (more)

The Rio Grande Ski Train approaches Tunnel 1 just east of Plainview, Colorado, early on the morning of December 28, 2000. A third EMD Ski Train EMD F40PH is out for maintenance, with Rio Grande EM... (more)

The California Zephyr runs up the hill towards Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado as the red sumac adds to the fall colors on the Moffat.

The long-awaited EMD 265H 6,000 horsepower engine finally made its debut in September 1996. The SD90MAC-H can be identified by dual exhaust stacks of the twin-turbo 265H engine, and beveled edges ... (more)

Amtrak’s California Zephyr approaches its first tunnel of the westbound journey just east of Plainview, Colorado, on the morning of October 19, 2022. A touch of color denoting autumn is provided... (more)

The Rocky Mountaineer climbs toward Tunnel 1 just east of Plainview, Colorado, on the morning of October 19, 2022. With evergreens dominant on much of Colorado’s Front Range mountains, fall colo... (more)

The Rocky Mountaineer leaves tunnel 1 behind and begins the climb towards the Moffat Tunnel.

AMTK 160 is on point of A5 the California Zephyr as it heads up the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision

Amtrak’s 50th Anniversary locomotive No. 160, painted in snazzy “Pepsi can” colors, leads the westbound California Zephyr at Coal Creek Canyon approaching Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorad... (more)

The Amtrak heritage engine 160 (known as the Pepsi Can paint scheme) exits Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado as it leads the California Zephyr 6 train towards Denver.

Amtrak engine 60 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr up the hill at Plainview, Colorado and will soon enter the first of 29 tunnels on its way to the West Slope.

The fall colors are in full bloom on the Moffat Tunnel line as the Rocky Mountaineer passes the sumac bushes at Plainview, Colorado.