The Rocky Mountaineer's engine #8020 (GP40-3) leads the train towards Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado as it makes a return trip to Denver.

UP 5518 (C45ACCTE) leads the California Zephyr 6 through Coal Creek Canyon in Colorado.

BNSF 4327 (Dash9) leads a freight and a pair of DPU's down the hill from Tunnel 1 and into Coal Creek Canyon.

The California Zephyr runs through fresh snow as it climbs towards Tunnel 1 out of Coal Creek Canyon.

Engineer Gary Meyer and student engineer Justin Anton pose for a picture as they wait for a dog catch crew to come take the California Zephyr into Denver. Due to lengthy delays for traffic and we... (more)

The 16-hour late California Zephyr 6 train was has UP 5518 (C45ACCTE) leading through Coal Creek Canyon due to a bad bearing on one of the P42's.

The California Zephyr 6 train was 16 hours late getting to Colorado which meant the crews would have to be switched at Coal Creek Canyon. UP 5518 (C45ACCTE) was in the lead to help the train get ... (more)

The California Zephyr begins the climb up to Tunnel #1 as it leaves Coal Creek Canyon behind.

The California Zephyr 5 train runs late into Coal Creek Canyon as it begins the climb up the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Amtrak engine #203 (P42DC in Operation Life Saver paint scheme) rounds the horseshoe curve in Coal Creek Canyon.

UP 8080 (AC45CCTE) leads a freight around Blue Mountain and into Coal Creek Canyon on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

It’s snowing lightly, but the real weather problem is heavy fog at Coal Creek Canyon between Eisele and Plainview, Colorado, on the morning of January 30, 2005. The crossing gate bells ring and ... (more)

After running east down the east side of the Colorado Rocky Mountains on the Moffat Tunnel Sub, BNSF 4327 (Dash9) emerges from Tunnel #1 and drops further in grade towards Coal Creek Canyon.

UP 8080 (AC45CCTE) leads an oil can train over Blue Mountain Road as it enters Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado.

A Union Pacific coal train drops down from Tunnel #1 and winds its way through Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado.