Into the Light

On one of those days when blue skies were littered with large clouds, one of those clouds shadowed Gore Canyon on the Rio Grande’s Moffat line. As Amtrak’s Ca... (more)

Summer Day in the High Country
Eastbound through East Portal.

The California Zephyr runs down hill from Tunnel #1 at Plainview, passing a field of wildflowers as it enters Coal Creek Canyon.

The California Zephyr runs through Coal Creek Canyon as it heads into the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

Grande in the Rockies
Westbound Skitrain works it’s way across the Flatirons for Winter Park, CO. Ex DRGW Office Car Wilson McCarthy named Kansas brings up the markers at Tun... (more)

Stormy Weather
Standing, hoping, awesome gust front and super dramatic sky and the train an eastbound sand working with EMD SD70ACE 4117 was slow, make that really slow.. after... (more)

The morning California Zephyr out of Denver climbs up towards Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado.

The California Zephyr runs between Tunnels 4 and 5 on the Moffat Tunnel Sub as it climbs the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

BNSF 7068 (ES44C4) leads a long freight through the winding turns of Big Ten Curve as it heads towards Denver, Colorado.

The California Zephyr runs through Tunnel 29 east of Pinecliffe, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Having emerged from the 6.21 miles of darkness of Colorado’s Moffat Tunnel under the Continental Divide, BNSF’s Provo to Denver manifest freight is rolling eastward past East Portal siding and... (more)

This wide angle view shows BNSF 7068 (ES44C4) leading a long train through Little Ten Curve in the lower left and Big Ten curve on the right. Also visible is the Denver skyline in the upper right ... (more)

A sunny day, a timely California Zephyr and a freindly wave from the engineer is captured after engine 193 emerges from Tunnel 29 just east of Pinecliffe, Colorado.

BNSF 6861 (ES44C4) leads a freight towards Tunnel 29 at Pinecliffe, Colorado.

The Moffat Tunnel Sub has some of the country's most beautiful scenery. here is the California Zephyr dropping down the grade into Creek Canyon and will soon be at Denver's Union Station.