Heavy snow is falling as a deer scampers away from the track, just as the California Zephyr runs through the S curves at Rainbow Cut in Plainview, Colorado. On point is Amtrak's Operation Life Sa... (more)
Evening Light on the Rocks Eastbound and just from tunnel 1 Amtrak 6 runs around the tangent for the drop down into Coal Creek Canyon.
Sunrise in the Tunnel District A rare spectacle of First light of a winter sunrise glows softly inside Eldorado Canyon glints off the power of the westbound BNSF Provo, UT manifest eas... (more)
Rocky Mountaineer Returns for 2023 Traveling back to Denver the Rocky Mountaineer is passing through the Flatiron range at tunnel 3 in rural Boulder County.
The California Zephyr runs through fresh snow as it climbs towards Tunnel 1 out of Coal Creek Canyon.
Freezing Fog and Sun Eastbound into the ledge of a winter freezing fog bank and delightful hoar frost event in the Rockies and caught at the division point between the morning sun over... (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.
In Between Winter Storms Leaving the Divide behind and coming into another round of winter weather the Grand Junction manifest is in Byers Canyon in a short lived sun pocket between he... (more)
Moffat Cement Plenty of new spring snow covers the valley’s below the Great Divide on a spring morning.
CSXT 7880 Rides the Moffat West at Crescent displays a unique power assignment UP 7696 (RG), UP 8943, CSXT 7880 (DG), UP 7379, UP 5883, UP 6584.
The moment a BNSF Ace paid homage to the steam locomotives from the Moffat's past.
BNSF 7596 (ES44DC) rounds the corner at Crescent, Colorado and will soon leave the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
Here we see the entire stretch between Rocky, Colorado in the upper left and Big Ten Curve in the upper right. BNSF 4327 has just gone through Big Ten and is heading towards Little Ten before tur... (more)
UP 8080 (AC45CCTE) pulls a long oil train through Rollinsville as it heads towards the Moffat Tunnel's East Portal.
