A momentary spotlight of sunshine illuminates an eastbound BNSF freight leaving Crescent, Colorado, on May 11, 2001. Fully lit in the background is the snow-covered Continental Divide.
A pair of Union Pacific AC motors lead a loaded coal train into the siding at Crescent while a track guy worked on the main. The train would soon meet Amtrak #5 at Plain.
A summer edition of the Rio Grande Ski Train climbs out of West Crescent, Colorado, on July 21, 2001. New signals replacing the Denver and Salt Lake Railway-era searchlights are in place, and the ... (more)