BNSF 7080 (ES44C4) leads a freight through Coal Creek Canyon and will soon arrive in Denver, Colorado.
Amtrak heritage engine #130 (P42DC) draws in the photographers as it rounds the horseshoe curve in Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado.
After leaving Denver the heritage engine 184 guided the California Zephyr through Coal Creek Canyon, passing a farm along the way.
The Amtrak Winter Park Express Ski Train runs over the former Rio Grande Bridge in Coal Creek Canyon and gets ready to run through 30 tunnels on its way to the ski resort.
Amtrak's Winter Park Express Ski Train climbs towards Tunnel 1 as it takes a full load of passengers from Denver to the ski resort for a day of skiing, tubing and snowboarding.
The California Zephyr runs through a cut at Coal Creek Canyon as it heads towards Tunnel 1 on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
The California Zephyr climbs the 2% grade up to Tunnel 1 on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
The California Zephyr drops down into Coal Creek Canyon from Blue Mountain and gets ready to make the 2% grade climb to Tunnel #1.
UP 8243 (ES44AC) leads a power-laden freight through Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado after a heavy snow.
Light snow is falling as the California Zephyr runs through Coal Creek Canyon.
Amtrak Engine 146 (P42DC) rounds the corner in Coal Creek Canyon and heads toward Tunnel 1 on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
The California Zephyr runs through Coal Creek Canyon as it heads into the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
For awhile there I was living the life of Reilly, living in Rollinsville and traveling back and forth from work on the Rio Grande via Colo. Highway 72, passing beneath the railroad at the entrance... (more)
UP 8243 (ES44AC) leads 5 other mates and a long freight through Coal Creek Canyon and will soon climb the grade to Tunnel 1 seen in the upper left.
The California Zephyr runs through Coal Creek Canyon as it gets ready to enter the tunnel district on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.