The Rocky Mountaineer's 8020 (GP40-3) leads the train out of Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado. It will be the first of 29 tunnels that the train will enter before passing under the Continental Div... (more)

BNSF 4207 (ES44C4) leads an oil can train up to Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado.

UPRR 5043 is leading the Rocky Mountaineer as it heads up the Moffat Tunnel Sub at tunnel 1

The California Zephyr 5 train runs through a cut as it climbs towards Plainview, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

In what looks more like a scene from a model train layout, Amtrak ran 4 Chargers on point when the California Zephyr 6 train headed to Denver, Colorado. It was odd not seeing the venerable P42's o... (more)

Four new Siemens ALC-42 Chargers were on point tonight leading the California Zephyr 6 train as it headed down the hill from Tunnel 1 on its way to Denver's Union Station.

Amtrak engine #127 (P42DC) rounds the corner leading up to Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado.

The California Zephyr heads runs through Plainview, Colorado, passing the construction vehicles that are prepping the once-pristine mountain for new homes.

The California Zephyr heads towards Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado after having run through Coal Creek Canyon.

The California Zephyr exits Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado as it starts the climb through the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

With the Boulder Flatirons in the background, BNSF 8384 (ES44C4) leads an oil can train through Plainview, Colorado.

In what could be a scene from the 1990's with a Heritage IV Genesis pulling the California Zephyr, Amtrak engine 184 pokes out of Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado.

The California Zephyr makes the climb to Tunnel #1, along a stretch of track that has 3.4% grade, the steepest grade on the Moffat Tunnel District.

A passenger standing in the back window gives a friendly wave as Amtrak heritage engine 184 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr through Plainview, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

UP 5131 (SD70M) leads the Rocky Mountaineer passenger train up the Moffat Tunnel Sub towards Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado.