The sunrise is only minutes old as UP 8794 (SD70ACe) leads a freight out of the Rainbow Cut at Plainview, Colorado.

Amtrak 198 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr up to Tunnel #1 after climbing out of Coal Creek Canyon on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

BNSF 4128 (Dash9) leads a freight through an intense snow storm on the Moffat Tunnel Sub. 10-25-2020b 1600b

After Union Pacific began operation of the Moffat Tunnel line in the wake of the Southern Pacific merger, there was a brief era when UP assigned Rio Grande’s GP60s to the Ski Train. On the morni... (more)

Amtrak 180 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr down the hill from Tunnel #1 and will enter Coal Creek Canyon.

Amtrak #42 (P42DC) in the special Veteran scheme brings down the California Zephyr from Tunnel #1.

From the west portal of Tunnel 2

Winter’s grip is in complete flock of the Flatiron Range between Golden and Boulder. The daily Lincoln to Provo manifest is moving through t... (more)

The October Snows of the Rocky Mountains

Monday, October 26, 2020 still under a Winter Storm Warning brought the Fall season to a close at Plainview. Just a slight remnant of ... (more)

Heavy snow is falling and the temperature is 8 degrees, but the payoff is catching Amtrak Veteran special #42 emerging from Tunnel #2 on the Moffat Line.

Amtrak 180 leads the number 6 California Zephyr down the hill from Tunnel #1 as it heads towards the Coal Creek Canyon horseshoe curve.

The morning #5 California Zephyr emerges from Tunnel #1 as it begins the journey through 29 more tunnels including the 6 mile long Moffat Tunnel which will go under the Continental Divide and dayl... (more)

Snow Still Falling

On a dreamlike morning along the Moffat Road the MGJNY emerges from Rainbow Cut into a sudden break of a major winter storm still gracing the Flatirons whic... (more)

Amtrak’s California Zephyr has just passed through Tunnel 1 and approaches Plainview, Colorado, where an eastbound Union Pacific coal train waits in the siding for the meet on September 4, 2000.

An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe manifest freight, powered by BNSF GE C44-9W No. 5312 and two warbonnet Santa Fe GEs, pops out of Tunnel 1 just east of Plainview, Colorado, on the afterno... (more)

Spring Snow

Whisking through the fresh Spring snow on the Moffat Road through the Flatiron Range, Amtrak #5 is right on time. Shot on Mavic Pro 2.