Kirk Orndorff waves at the crew of this westbound Memphis, Tennessee to Arco, Colorado empty coal train. The train is going by the Blue Mountain Road crossing in Coal Creek Canyon.

An empty Union Pacific coal train led by an assortment of GE's round the s-curve while entering Coal Creek Canyon west of Arvada and Denver, Colorado.

Most of the fog that was pretty much around all morning has lifted. The sun begins to shine as UP's North Yard, CO to Roper Yard, UT manifest climbs the 2% grade up to Tunnel #1 in Coal Creek Cany... (more)

Two motorists patiently wait at the Blue Mountain Road crossing for a empty UP coal train that is climbing the grade in Coal Creek Canyon west of Denver.

One thing I love about railfanning the Moffat Route is that you got numerous spots where you don't really have to move to get different angles in the same location. Seen here, an empty coal train ... (more)

After meeting an eastbound BNSF train at Rocky, this westbound UP empty coal train from Paducah, KY rounds the curve just west of Eisilie SIding (formally known as Clay). The suburbs of Arvada, Wh... (more)

After meeting the Provo to Denver BNSF manifest at Rocky, BNSF's Denver, CO to Riverbank, CA trackage rights manifest negotiates a horseshoe curve while climbing the grade up to Tunnel #1 in Coal ... (more)

An assortment of AC6044CW's, AC4400CW-CTE's, and AC4400CW's lead this empty coal train through Coal Creek Canyon west of Denver. The train is climbing the 2% grade up to Tunnel #1.

Power on UP's Moffat Route west of Denver is usually BNSF, UP, and Amtrak power. On some occasion, foreign power does show up but usually trailing. Today, BNSF's Provo, UT to Denver, CO trackage r... (more)

At 6:32 a.m. on May 10, 2007, a westbound Union Pacific coal empty crosses Coal Creek on a large fill, west of Clay, Colorado, on the UP’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision.

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe steel coil train grinds up the 2% grade at the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon west of Clay, Colorado, on October 17, 2001. On the point of the short-but-heavy ... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific coal load descends through the horseshoe curve encircling the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon at mile 22.6 west of Clay, Colorado, on October 22, 2012. On the point is GE AC4... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific coal load descends through the horseshoe curve encircling the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon at mile 22.6 west of Clay, Colorado, on October 22, 2012. In this view, two GE A... (more)

The headend passes over its rear end as it snakes through Coal Creek Canyon. The grade here is very evident based on the amount of elevation gained in less than a train length.

Ski train heads west toward tunnel 1 on the x-Rio Grande, now UP.