December morning snow at Plainview

Amtrak 5 running about 10 minutes late swiftly rolls out of tunnel 1 into the mountain meadows of Plainview.

BNSF 6942 (ES44C4) leads four other BNSF pumpkins up the hill to Tunnel #1. A snowstorm the previous night dropped a fresh layer of powder in the mountains and along the Colorado Front Range.

The day after a snowstorm blanketed the Colorado Rocky Mountains and Front Range with a fresh layer of powder, Amtrak 146 exits Tunnel #1 on the Moffat Line and heads towards Plainview and the tun... (more)

BNSF Coal threading the Flatirons

Too good to pass up, Ferromex mid train helpers and all. The clearing snow storm from the previous night is giving way to the majestic Flatiro... (more)

The sunrise is only minutes old as UP 8794 (SD70ACe) leads a freight out of the Rainbow Cut at Plainview, Colorado.

Amtrak 198 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr up to Tunnel #1 after climbing out of Coal Creek Canyon on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

BNSF 4128 (Dash9) leads a freight through an intense snow storm on the Moffat Tunnel Sub. 10-25-2020b 1600b

After Union Pacific began operation of the Moffat Tunnel line in the wake of the Southern Pacific merger, there was a brief era when UP assigned Rio Grande’s GP60s to the Ski Train. On the morni... (more)

Amtrak 180 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr down the hill from Tunnel #1 and will enter Coal Creek Canyon.

Amtrak #42 (P42DC) in the special Veteran scheme brings down the California Zephyr from Tunnel #1.

From the west portal of Tunnel 2

Winter’s grip is in complete flock of the Flatiron Range between Golden and Boulder. The daily Lincoln to Provo manifest is moving through t... (more)

The October Snows of the Rocky Mountains

Monday, October 26, 2020 still under a Winter Storm Warning brought the Fall season to a close at Plainview. Just a slight remnant of ... (more)

Heavy snow is falling and the temperature is 8 degrees, but the payoff is catching Amtrak Veteran special #42 emerging from Tunnel #2 on the Moffat Line.

Amtrak 180 leads the number 6 California Zephyr down the hill from Tunnel #1 as it heads towards the Coal Creek Canyon horseshoe curve.

The morning #5 California Zephyr emerges from Tunnel #1 as it begins the journey through 29 more tunnels including the 6 mile long Moffat Tunnel which will go under the Continental Divide and dayl... (more)