Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr curves through 100-foot Tunnel 38 just east of Azure, Colorado, as it follows the Colorado River through craggy Gore Canyon on September 15, 2021.
Rollins Occupied Passing trains in between vibrant evening sun at Rollins.
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)
The California Zephyr exits Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado and gets ready to drop down into Coal Creek Canyon.
Rocky Mountaineer’s “Rockies to the Red Rocks” Colorado and Utah excursion train threads 63-foot Tunnel 40 in the heart of Little Gore Canyon between Azure and Radium, Colorado, on a beautif... (more)
BNSF 8195 (ES44AC) shoves a freight through Coal Creek Canyon as the head of the train has climbed up the grade towards tunnel #1 on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
After running through Big Ten Curve, the California Zephyr gains in elevation and heads towards Blue Mountain through Eisele, Colorado.
Amtrak engine 71 (P42DC) runs through Big Ten Curve as it heads towards the Moffat Tunnel district and the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
Empty Rail EB at Little Ten for Rocky Eastbound and fast moving from an idealistic winter storm in the high country a rail train returns to Denver from MoW on the western slo... (more)
UP 8850 (SD70ACe) leads a freight down the Moffat Tunnel Sub as it rounds Blue Mountain at Eisele, Colorado.
The California Zephyr meets a BNSF freight at the Rocky Siding before heading into Little Ten and Big Ten curves.
God Rays Crepuscular rays fill the skies over a sunset on the front range and Denver after a line of receding thunderstorms pull away to the east. The westbound MNYGJ is in lit... (more)
Amtrak engine 142 (P42DC) rounds the Big Ten Curve as it climbs the 2% grade towards Eisele, Colorado.
The California Zephyr exits tunnel 2 and heads towards tunnel 3 on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
The California Zephyr runs west on the high ridge at Eisele while a BNSF coal train waits for a crew at Rocky, Colorado.