Fresh Paint Westbound 5 climbs the tunnel district at Crescent, CO with 164’s first run with new Heritage Paint.

Into South Draw Amtrak 6 works east through old tunnel 17 inside South Draw.

The California Zephyr runs along the base of Blue Mountain as it heads up the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

The California Zephyr runs through Tunnel 4 on the Moffat Tunnel Sub as it heads higher into the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

BNSF 3275 (ES44C4) leads a westbound freight down the grade at Rocky, Colorado, passing another BNSF Freight that is waiting on the siding.

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.