Amtrak’s “Phase III Heritage” No. 145 is on the point of the eastbound California Zephyr on the afternoon of June 22, 2011. Passing through Tunnel 1, the train is about to cross Coal Creek C... (more)

An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight descends the Front Range of the rockies at Plainview, Colorado, on February 28, 1999. The train is leaving Plain and about to enter Tunnel 1 on Un... (more)

With dynamics applied and some train brake, the smell of brake shoes fill the air as a Paducah, KY coal train rolls on through Plain next to stored MOW equipment.

Two Southern Pacific AC4400CWs lead a Union Pacific coal train out of Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado, on February 8, 1999. The rear of the train can be seen passing Plain siding in the background... (more)

Two EMD SD70MACs power a seven-car Burlington Northern Santa Fe passenger train at Plainview, Colorado, on August 28, 2000. Getting a short break from lugging Powder River coal, Nos. 9981 and 9998... (more)

Former Great Northern “Great Dome” Glacier View brings up the rear of a seven-car Burlington Northern Santa Fe passenger extra at Plainview, Colorado, on August 28, 2000. This 1955-built GN/BN... (more)

Amtrak’s No. 5, the California Zephyr, climbs the Front Range of the Rockies on the morning on May 30, 2011. The fog is lifting off the Flatirons west of Plainview, Colorado, as the train thread... (more)

The American Orient Express luxury cruise train heads westbound through the Flatirons, through Tunnel 3 and the and into Tunnel 4 on Union Pacific’s former Rio Grande route to the Moffat Tunnel.... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific coal train approaches Tunnel 1 at the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado, on a snowy November 30, 2006. It’s just after Thanksgiving, but looking like winter already!

Ski Train Grande Gold
For two weekends in 2007, when one of the Ski Train's F40PH locomotives was down with mechanical issues, Union Pacific thoughtfully provided Rio Grande Heritage No... (more)

Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, approaches Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado, on June 13, 2011. Leading the westbound train is Amtrak “Heritage” P42DC No. 145 in Amtrak’s “Phase 3�... (more)

Southern Pacific and Union Pacific AC4400CWs team up with a westbound freight approaching Tunnel 1 east of Plain, Colorado, on a wet April 24, 1999.

AMTK units 150 & 151 lead Zephyr #5 as they charge up the grade about to enter Tunnel 1. Shortly before this, the train was struggling to get up the grade at the Big Ten Curve, with two stacks of... (more)

Clean SD70Ms on the Moffat!
On August 2, 2001, a short Union Pacific Photo Extra approaches the east portal of Tunnel 1 on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. A pair of clean SD70Ms (Nos. 45... (more)

The American Orient Express luxury cruise train heads westbound through the Flatirons, into Tunnel 3 and the heart of the “Tunnel District” on Union Pacific’s former Rio Grande route to the ... (more)