One of the machines in the track maintenance arsenal is a tamper, like the one seen here east of Plainview, Colorado, on June 24, 2012. This Pandrol Jackson 6700 tamper (now Harsco Rail) works a s... (more)

On a hot summer day late in the afternoon of June 24, 2012, a Union Pacific Hi-rail inspects multiple sun kinks in the cut at milepost 23 east of Plainview, Colorado, on UP’s Moffat Tunnel Subdi... (more)

Caboose built by International Car in March of 1976.

So yesterday, I spent the whole day on Moffat to only come home to find out that none of the photos ever recorded to the SD Card! So I came to the conclusion I have zero shots from the DSLR. So... (more)

D&RGW 3084 East skateboards through the snow at Plainview, Colo. headed for Denver another 25 miles and 1500-ft. lower in elevation.

Through the last of three tunnels of 25 of them within a 10-mile stretch of track, at the Flatirons rock formations D&RGW’s 3129 East has 25 more miles to reach Denver, 1500-ft. lower in elevati... (more)

Union Pacific freight MDVPV (Denver to Provo manifest) chugs through some fresh snow approaching Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado, on November 30, 2006.

With Amtrak P42DC No. 145 in “Heritage Phase III” paint on the lead, train No. 5, the California Zephyr, crosses the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon and approaches Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Color... (more)

UP8561 leads a morning manifest towards Tunnel One on the Moffat Road. It is not unusual to get 60 degree days in January, however this day turned out to be a balmy 70 degrees.... Do not be alarme... (more)

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

How could a day of shooting get any better — after capturing the California Zephyr at this spot, behind it came the “Yampa Valley” Train 9 headed 231 miles (from Denver) to Craig in N.W. Col... (more)

One of the most favorite passenger trains, the California Zephyr, exits the first of 28 tunnels at Plainview, Colo. before it reaches the big one under the continental divide — the 6.2-mile long... (more)

Three Union Pacific GE AC4400CWs power a westbound coal train through fresh snow at Coal Creek Canyon east of Plainview, Colorado, on February 2, 2014.

Union Pacific GE AC4400CW-CTE No. 5990 leads an eastbound coal train out of Tunnel 1 and curves downgrade toward Coal Creek east of Plainview, Colorado, on April 30, 2014.