A Union Pacific section gang finishes up changing out a defective piece of rail on the main line at Tolland, Colorado, on October 3, 2008.

After meeting a couple of trains down the hill, this westbound BNSF trackage rights train bound for Provo, Utah climbs the grade through Tolland, Colorado on their way west to the crew change poin... (more)

A westbound BNSF trackage rights manifest bound for Provo, Utah climbs the grade through Tolland approaching the East Portal Road Crossing in the valley between the Moffat Tunnel and Rollinsville ... (more)

Westbound Union Pacific MDVRO freight is at Tolland, Colorado, on October 1, 2008. In a view of the train through a stand of golden aspen seen during the peak of autumn’s color in the high country... (more)

After cooling its heels in the siding at Tolland to allow Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr to overtake it, a loaded UP coal train heads downhill from the divide along South Boulder Creek, swol... (more)

The golden colors of autumn light up the hillsides above Tolland, Colorado, on the morning of October 1, 2008. Westbound Union Pacific MDVRO freight passes by as clouds roll off the Continental Di... (more)

It is still a few weeks too early for fall colors to be in full swing. This eastbound coal load crosses South Boulder creek as it descends away from the Continental Divide. In the distance, you ca... (more)

BNSF 9374 leads UP 5471, BNSF 5503, BNSF 4514 and a train of mixed freight along East Portal Rd. just east of Tolland, CO. The snow-covered peaks of the Continental Divide are visible on this bea... (more)

What does springtime frequently look like in Colorado’s high country? A Union Pacific coal train drops down the two-percent grade just east of Tolland, Colorado, on May 1, 1999. Yes, May Day 1999 ... (more)

No this isn't a train race. As a matter of fact, both trains are stopped. UP 7231 seen on the right experienced locomotive issues so UP 7156 seen on the left is going to give another unit to the 7... (more)

In at Tolland
On October 22, 2012, an eastbound coal train is slowing to a stop at the east end of Tolland siding on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. A former SP AC4400CW is o... (more)

Eastbound leaving Tolland
After meeting Amtrak No. 5 at Tolland, Colorado, an eastbound Union Pacific coal train sweeps through the big curve and over Boulder Creek on the morning of Oc... (more)

At Tolland, the coal empty on the right parked in the siding experienced locomotive problems and is in need of a couple of extra units. Luckily, another coal empty following behind had several uni... (more)

Running 13 minutes early, Amtrak #5 the California Zephyr rounds the S-Curve going over Tolland Road as the train approaches CP DS049 of the East Portal. The train is just a little more then a mil... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific coal train eases downgrade away from Tolland, Colorado, and crosses Boulder Creek on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. The Continental Divide in the background has some of ... (more)