Summer Day in the Rockies

Pleasant sunshine and the early Summer air and just enough snow at the divide for a picturesque day on the Moffat Road.

In the Valley of Moffat’s Dream

Moving through East Portal for a destination at North Yard.

Western Pacific Leads West

Western Pacific 1983 leads the MNYGJ through East Portal in the glistening low light of an early spring evening at the Great Divide.

Big Oil Sunrise at the Great Divide

Of aerials and the Moffat Road, oil and wings roll out of the valley below the Great Divide at East Portal within an hour of sunrise. Sh... (more)

Beavers, Snow and Mountains...

Blizzard conditions grip the Great Divide while my subject highballs into East Portal with some Canadian Pacific foreign power. These Beavers are... (more)

East Portal Double Reds

Westbound through the curve at East Portal BNSF 8052 leads a clean set of power with the Provo bound manifest.

A pair of Union Pacific’s abundant GE AC4400CWs lead an eastbound coal train out of the 6.21-mile Moffat Tunnel at East Portal, Colorado, during the peak of autumn color in the high country on O... (more)

Winter Skies over the Great Divide

Winter weather is moving in on the Great Divide between milepost 50 and 45 on the Moffat Road.

Light Snow is Just Beginning to Fall

The Great Divide stands tall and proud over East Portal, CO. The daily Provo train is gently rolling through the tangents on its eastward p... (more)

Snowy Morning at the Divide

A picture book snow fall is underway within a few short miles of the Great Divide at East Portal, CO on the Moffat Road. In this frame the Grand Jun... (more)

Aspen Glow at East Portal

Early morning sun ignites the aspen groves ablaze in golden color along South Boulder Creek.

Red, Yellow, Stainless Steel, & Green

Amtrak, train 5 The California Zephyr is rolling through the fall splendor of the Moffat Subdivision on a vibrant late September morn.

The Valley of the Giants

Westbound into the sunset late in the summer the evening sun will fill this valley at East Portal on the Moffat Sub. Tailings below me from an abando... (more)

Running two hours later than normal due to scheduled track maintenance, Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr climbs through the Rocky Mountains between the sidings of Tolland and East Portal on UP... (more)

The Great Divide at East Portal

A Winter storm is just clearing from the 14,000 foot peaks of the Great Divide. Just after 8 o-clock the daily BNSF Provo Lincoln manifest i... (more)