Snow Sparkling in the Sunshine
The snow sparkles in the sun now over the peaks deep in the tunnel district within an hour this nice flock of snow on the will be gone.

The California Zephyr runs through heavy snow from the night before as it passes through an area just west of Tunnel 18 and east of Crescent, Colorado.

Amtrak engine 76 (P42DC) leads the Winter Park Express Ski Train through the aspens and evergreens at Tolland, Colorado. 2022 marks the return of the train, which was cancelled due to COVID in 20... (more)

The California Zephyr proceeds west again after having been stopped for 4 hours at Rollinsville, Colorado due to a broken drawbar on a Union Pacific freight engine, which fouled the main line betw... (more)

UP 8243 (ES44AC) has climbed the 2% grade up to Tunnel 1 at Plainview while the rest of the train follows down in Coal Creek Canyon.

The California Zephyr climbs the grade through Eisele, Colorado as it skirts Blue Mountain on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

The California Zephyr meets a BNSF freight at Rocky, Colorado as it heads towards Big Ten Curve on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

The California Zephyr climbs up the 2% grade towards Tunnel 1 in the snow.

UP 8243 (ES44AC) leads 5 other mates and a long freight through Coal Creek Canyon and will soon climb the grade to Tunnel 1 seen in the upper left.

Heavy snow is covering Colorado’s front range mountains on April 23, 1999, as a westbound Union Pacific coal train curves past the former site of Tunnel 28 just east of Cliff siding at Pinecliif... (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

Eastbound Union Pacific freight RODVM (Roper Yard in Salt Lake City to Denver Manifest) heads downgrade out of Tunnel 1 just east of Plainview, Colorado, on October 22, 1997. Rio Grande’s first ... (more)

A Rio Grande coal train snakes through the multiple curves leaving the east switch at Azure, Colorado, entering Gore Canyon along the Colorado River. A trio of EMD SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors lead the e... (more)

Finding Light in the Canyon
A rarity in the winter, worth the walk. Here number 5 rolls at track speed into the morning January sun in and out of the deep shadows of the canyons wes... (more)

The California Zephyr runs through light snow at Plainview, Colorado. There has not been much snow at all along the Colorado Front Range this winter.