Rio Grande Ski Train is preparing to enter the East Portal of Moffat Tunnel.
Canon EOS; Kodachrome
BNSF trackage rights train from Provo, UT, to Denver emerged from Union Pacific's 6.2 mile long Moffat Tunnel. BNSF 798 East met Amtrak's California Zephyr at Winter Park. Last week of aspens at... (more)
The train is just begining its long trek down the moffat. It had UP8211, SP118 up front, UP7043, UP5932 in the middle and UP5563 and UP5577 on the rear.
This is for everyone who is a fan of the Moffat sub, on the approach to tolland if you look close you can see the signal to the right of the rail
An eastbound coal load emerges from the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel.
UP 5899 was rear DPU on coal empty headed west soon to plunge into the 6.2-mile Moffat Tunnel.
Eastbound DRGW Ski Train exiting the Moffat Tunnel
The GE locomotive works hard to push a heavy coal train into the Moffat unnel
This was taken at a railroad crossing near Moffat Tunnel