DRGW 3106 shoves westbound train #181 at Plainview, CO, Feb 18, 1979.

CSX 3105 leads an eastbound merchandise train between Plainview, CO and Clay, CO, on the UP Moffat Sub. Jan 4, 2019.

CSX 3105 leads an eastbound merchandise train between Plainview, CO and Clay, CO, on the UP Moffat Sub. Jan 4, 2019.

BNSF 7685 leads an eastbound merchandise train on the UP Moffat Sub, at Blue Mtn Crossing, between Plainview and Clay, CO, on Jan 4, 2019.

BNSF 8496 leads a westbound tank train, and is about to enter Tunnel 1, on the UP Moffat Sub near Plainview, CO. Jan 4, 2018.

DRGW 5771 leads the Rio Grande Zephyr, just having exited Tunnel 1 at Plainview, CO. 815am Dec 9 1976. Of note, much of the area behind the tracks is now slated for dev elopment.

Eastbound coal train led by DRGW 5361 at Plainview, CO on Apr 2, 1976.

DRGW 3119 leads the ski train westbound at Plainview, CO, seen exiting Tunnel 1, on Feb 21, 1976.

DRGW 5377 leads an eastbound merchandise train through Plainview, CO, Dec 1988.

The day after Christmas, the westbound California Zephyr is a few hundred feet higher than Denver and making its way through the lightly falling snow and fog that had covered the flatirons this mo... (more)

The California Zephyr passes through the foothills and evergreens of Plainview, Colorado.

Amtrak’s California Zephyr cruises downgrade at Coal Creek Canyon east of Plainview, Colorado, on the afternoon of April 14, 2019, led by “Phase II heritage” GE P42DC No. 130.

Almost like the “good old days”
Even after Union Pacific’s merger of Southern Pacific, for several years, locomotives for the West local out of Denver on the former Rio Grande Mof... (more)

The California Zephyr kicks up the snow as it passes through Plainview, Colorado.

Amtrak's eastbound 'California Zephyr' descends into Coal Creek Canyon 23 rail miles away from its next stop at Denver.