The one and only time I'll ever photograph the RBBB Circus Train traveling over former Rio Grande rails. On June 13, 2016, the circus train moved from Colorado Springs, Colorado to Las Vegas, Neva... (more)

A colorful lash up led by BNSF C44-9W No. 720 descends the 2-percent grade with BNSF's Provo, Utah to Denver, Colorado manifest in Coal Creek Canyon on December 23, 2016.

Drone Shot - UP #6570 leads the MRONY-25 out of Tunnel 1 with a nice mix of power as they head east bound on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision.

Rio Grande SD40T-2 “Tunnel Motor” No. 5361 leads Union Pacific MDVRO (Denver to Roper Yard, Salt Lake City manifest) freight between Clay and Plain at Coal Creek Canyon on a stormy April 27, 2... (more)

An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train loops over the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon between Plainview and Clay, Colorado, on the afternoon of July 5, 2003. Leading the train are two GE ... (more)

A BNSF trackage rights manifest roars up the 2% grade into tunnel #1 on the ex D&RGW mainline

A winter storm from last weekend blanketed the Colorado Rockies with fresh heavy wet snow. Seen here, Union Pacific ES44AC No. 5461 leads the Roper Yard, Utah to North Yard, Colorado manifest down... (more)

Amtrak #6 has just exited tunnel 1 and descends the 2 percent grade into Coal Creek Canyon and will soon negotiate the Big 10 curve.

A westbound Union Pacific manifest thunders up the 2% grade leading to Tunnel #1 as it begins its journey into the Rocky Mountains.

Union Pacific freight MDVPV (Denver to Provo manifest) passes through fresh snow at Coal Creek Canyon east of Plainview, Colorado, on November 30, 2006.

Union Pacific’s MRONY (Salt Lake City’s Roper Yard North Yard in Denver) freight heads downgrade through a snowy Coal Creek Canyon between Plainview and Eisele (formerly Clay), Colorado, on Ma... (more)

Just down the mountain in Coal Creek Canyon, the sun shines, but there's still plenty of snow to go around. Seen here, BNSF ES44DC No. 7587 brings up the rear of the Denver, Colorado to Provo, Uta... (more)

Union Pacific AC4400CW-CTE No. 5823 leads the North Yard, Colorado to Roper Yard, Utah manifest extra (MNYROX 09) up the 2-percent grade out of Eisele (formally known as Clay, or still referred to... (more)

The sun comes in and out as loaded oil cans from Wash, Utah descend the 2-percent grade as the train negotiates the horseshoe curve in Coal Creek Canyon just west of Denver along the Moffat Road o... (more)

AMTK P40DC No. 822 and P42DC No. 145 both painted in the Phase III scheme lead Amtrak's westbound "California Zephyr" through the eastern rim of Coal Creek Canyon. The train has just cro... (more)