Spring has arrived, but it's still a winter wonderland in the front range as the Rio Grande Ski Train approaches Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado.

A summer run of the Rio Grande Ski Train exits Tunnel 1 just east of Plainview, Colorado, on a warm July 5, 2003.

Into the morning sun, a westbound BNSF manifest freight approaches Tunnel 1 just east of Plainview, Colorado, on January 21, 2006.

Union Pacific’s MRONY freight drops downgrade through the cut at milepost 23 approaching Coal Creek east of Plainview, Colorado, on July 10, 2006.

Two Southern Pacific GE AC4400CWs lead an eastbound coal train comprised of Chicago and North Western hoppers approaching Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado, on June 28, 1998.

Two General Electric locomotives hold their train back as it goes down the 2.5% grade and through Tunnel #1.

Amtrak #5, running roughly 2 hours behind the advertised scheduled, emerges out of Tunnel #1 and will meet an eastbound load at Plain. Taken by a UP employee, wearing proper PPE.

After 3 straight days of snow, Colroado's Rocky Mountains were knee-deep or higher basically everywhere you went. Thus, a day on the Moffat ensued. Early in the morning, the Energy Mine to Valmon... (more)

AMTK 42 in the Veterans paint scheme leads the Amtrak Ski Train which shuttled skiers between Denver's Union Statin and Winter Park, Colorado. Skiers spent the day on the slopes and then took the... (more)

Having just exited Tunnel 1, the eastbound Rio Grande Ski Train crosses over Highway 72 at Coal Creek Canyon east of Plainview, Colorado, on the afternoon of July 5, 2003.

With the Front Range Flatirons dominating the scene, UP's West Elk Mine, Colorado to Blue Island, Illinois loaded coal train (CWEKS 25) led by ES44AH no. 8262 rolls on through the tunnel district ... (more)

The westbound California Zephyr (train #5) is about to enter tunnel #1 on the Moffat Route.

Amtrak train No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, exits Tunnel 8 and curves around the former location of Tunnel 9 on a 2 percent grade through the tunnel district west of Plainview, Colorado, ... (more)

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr climbs the front range of the Rocky Mountains through an early snowfall at Plainview, Colorado, on October 26, 2006.

The colorful Rio Grande Ski Train approaches Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado, on a sunny January 28, 2006.