A late season snowfall blankets Crescent, Colorado, as a westbound BNSF manifest freight travels westbound on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision during the morning of March 10, 2013.

Bright sunshine, a stunning blue sky, and several inches of fresh snow cover the pine forests along the Moffat Route near Crescent. Even absent a train, the quiet scene illustrates the beauty of R... (more)

An east bound coal load for the Tennessee Valley Authority in Paducah, KY (CWETS 26) enters Tunnel 20 and will soon exit the tunnel and enter Tunnel 19 just west of Crescent.

A westbound empty coal train from Paducah, KY is seen just west of Crescent, CO as they are about to enter Tunnel #19 in the tunnel district. Gross Reservoir is just to the left out of the frame.

Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, leaves Crescent, Colorado, on the morning of March 10, 2013. Amtrak heritage locomotive No. 145 painted in “phase III” paint scheme leads the train through... (more)

Threading the Tunnel District
A westbound Union Pacific coal empty threads the tunnel east of Crescent, Colorado, on October 26, 1999. In this view the train is exiting Tunnel 12, and c... (more)

Amtrak’s train No. 5, the California Zephyr, climbs through a winter wonderland at Crescent, Colorado, on April 23, 1999. Two P42s, along with an F40PH kicker, power the train as it slices silen... (more)

After the passage of Amtrak No. 5 and a set a BNSF helpers, a Union Pacific Hi-rail truck treads gingerly eastbound through the snow-covered scene at Crescent, Colorado, on March 19, 1998.

Four Southern Pacific GE AC4400CWs haul an empty coal train west through the snow-covered trees at Crescent, Colorado, on a beautiful March 19, 1998.

The Rio Grande Ski Train approaches the east switch at Crescent, Colorado, on March 27, 2009. We didn’t know it at the time, but this was the very last weekend of Denver’s Ski Train. Running t... (more)

Curving through South Draw
Union Pacific’s Denver to Salt Lake City freight (MDVRO) rumbles through the Tunnel District east of Crescent, Colorado, on the afternoon of October 22, 199... (more)

Working out of Crescent, Colorado, Union Pacific’s MNYRO (North Yard-Denver to Roper Yard-Salt Lake City manifest) passes by snow-covered trees on the morning of March 10, 2013. In the backgroun... (more)

Union Pacific’s MRONY (Roper Yard-Salt Lake City to North Yard-Denver manifest) rolls through the long curve arcing into Crescent, Colorado, on March 10, 2013. The Continental Divide behind the ... (more)

Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, rumbles through Crescent, Colorado on the morning of March 10, 2013. Amtrak heritage locomotive No. 145 painted in “phase III” paint scheme leads the train... (more)

Chicago and North Western GE AC4400CW No. 8803 leads a Union Pacific coal train westbound at Crescent, Colorado, on the afternoon of October 3, 1999.