A chartered passenger train dubbed the “Bill Gates Special” utilizing Wisconsin & Southern, BNSF and privately-owned equipment, pops out of the Moffat Tunnel on Union Pacific’s former Rio Gr... (more)

Winter Park Express
Winter Park Express glides through the snow to the promised land of fresh powder and slopes of fun for both skiers and snow boarders.

Alpenglow and Deep Snow
Heavy snowfall Friday night left a winter wonderland under the Great Divide overnight at Rollins Pass. Here’s the deal, due to the routine relentless high... (more)

Winter Park Express 2022
Morning sun kisses the sides of the westbound WPE running as AMTK 1105 nearing Winter Park and Moffat Tunnel. Heavy snow lines the west side of the mountain... (more)

The Great Divide
The first warm glow of a January sunrise under the Great Divide in full Alpenglow softly illuminate a venerable Warbonnet warrior at East Portal, CO

Snow Impact!
Ice bombs and snow balls fly in all directions; I should have definitely wore a helmet on this attempt at a shot!

Screaming Eagle, Aspen Gold, & the Great Divide
Yellow n Gold Aspen on Eagle Blue Skies
This is what I came for.
OWUKK-19 With UP 1982 Missouri Pacific heritage on the poi... (more)

Colorado Rocky Mountaineer
The Rocky Mountaineer is wrapped in Aspen Gold at Moffat Tunnel on the Moffat Road

Aspen Gold
Fall splendor at the Great Divide Union Pacific 4533 and friends make a brief stop at East Portal with the CEO of UPS for a quick tour of the main office on one of ... (more)

Three Wishes
I had three wishes and I got all three, Aspen Leaves in Fall splendor, Mountains in purple majesty, and that golden specular highlight high country Fall light. P... (more)

Summer Sunset at East Portal
Westbound big oil is making its way to East Portal and under the Great Divide.

Summer Day in the High Country
Eastbound through East Portal.

Having emerged from the 6.21 miles of darkness of Colorado’s Moffat Tunnel under the Continental Divide, BNSF’s Provo to Denver manifest freight is rolling eastward past East Portal siding and... (more)

Sunset in Grande Gold

The last of the direct sun at East Portal highlights a matched colorful scene of Fall vibrancy of Rio Grande gold and yellow along the Moffat Road. ... (more)

Cuts Right Through the Rockies

Back lit for a fleeting moment through one of hundreds of cuts and pointed north into the tangent west again for East Portal Amtrak Califor... (more)