Onboard the westbound 'California Zephyr', front range of the Colorado Rockies, Plainview, CO, Amtrak P42DC #70 on the point. For more pics & videos from my collection see my website at http://... (more)

With the last of the sun just about to set behind the Front Range mountains, the eastbound Rio Grande Ski Train bursts out of Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado, on March 22, 2002.

After climbing the 2% grade through Coal Creek Canyon, the MNYRO 27 (North Yard, CO to Roper Yard, UT Manifest) exits Tunnel #1 just south of Plainview. The train still has 29 more tunnels before ... (more)

Three not so good looking AC4400CW's lead the North Yard (Denver), CO to Roper Yard (Salt Lake City), UT Manifest after exiting tunnel #1 just south of Plainview, CO.

The fill that washed out
Thick fog is lifting off of the Flatirons west of Plainview, Colorado, as Amtrak’s No. 5, the California Zephyr, climbs the Front Range of the Rockies on the ... (more)

UP's Missouri Kansas Texas "The Katy" Heritage unit #1988 is on the point of the Roper Yard (Salt Lake City), UT to North Yard (Denver), CO Manifest. The train can be seen easing down the grade at... (more)

The American Orient Express luxury cruise train heads westbound at Coal Creek Canyon and is about to enter Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado, on September 14, 2000. Soon, the streamlined train ... (more)

The sun is about to set behind me on the front range of the Rocky Mountains as Amtrak No. 6, the California Zephyr catches some of the last rays at Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado on July 1, ... (more)

A Union Pacific Public Service coal train (PSCX) exits Tunnel 3 west of Plainview, Colorado, after an early winter snow on November 23, 1999.

Union Pacific tested EMD’s SD90MAC-Hs in 1998 on a rare movement of coal loads going up the 2-percent grade from Denver toward the Moffat Tunnel. About a half a train of loaded coal hoppers, pro... (more)

From high above Coal Creek Canyon, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train that loaded on the Utah Railway, descends out of Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado, on July 5, 2003. The train is cr... (more)

A Union Pacific coal train led by two Southern Pacific GE AC4400CWs climbs toward Tunnel 1 on a crisp January 6, 1998. The mouth of Coal Creek Canyon is in the background of this snowy scene just ... (more)

Springtime in the Rockies
Amtrak train No. 5, the California Zephyr, climbs up the 2 percent grade between Tunnels 8 and 10 west of Plainview, Colorado, on the morning of June 8, 2013. ... (more)

BNSF’s westbound manifest freight that operates on the Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision is westbound on the approach to Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado, on April 5, 1999. Leading... (more)

Skiers aboard the D&RGW ski train are happy and oblivious to the snowy conditions of highways as they safely return to Denver on Feb. 26, 1984. The train is between Tunnels 3 and 2 near Plainview... (more)