Amtrak #5 over takes a UP manifest in Rollinsville, CO on UP's Moffat Tunnel Subdivision.

The DPUs on a westbound BNSF train shove toward Moffat Tunnel.

First Light in the Canyon
Westbound just after first light in the canyon west of Rollins, CO Winter Park Express lifts the snow for my camera.

BNSF 8503 (SD70ACe) shoves a freight through the corner east of Tunnel 30 at Rollinsville, Colorado.

Trying to elevate my night photography game - here's a BNSF westbound manifest illuminating the snow-covered path ahead as it curves and crawls its way up the last few miles to the Moffat Tunnel.

The California Zephyr runs on the Moffat Line through the valley east of Rollinsville, Colorado.

BNSF 8503 (SD70ACe) has just cleared Tunnel 30 east of Rollinsville on the Moffat Tunnel Sub and runs towards Pinecliffe after a heavy snow has blanketed the area.

The California Zephyr #5 runs through the woods as it heads towards Tunnel 30 east of Rollinsville, Colorado.

A brief snow storm is breaking just after sunset at the continental divide. A UP coal train has exited the Moffat Tunnel (the signals and portal are visible in the far distant center) and now snak... (more)

Amtrak engine 198 (P42DC) waits for a green light in Rollinsville to head on up to the Moffat Tunnel Portal and continue the journey to California.

The California Zephyr proceeds west again after having been stopped for 4 hours at Rollinsville, Colorado due to a broken drawbar on a Union Pacific freight engine, which fouled the main line betw... (more)

Saddle UP! A crew member climbs back into the California Zephyr after having done a quick inspection on the motors. The train was delayed 4 hours at Rollinsville, Colorado due to a broken draw... (more)

Finding Light in the Canyon
A rarity in the winter, worth the walk. Here number 5 rolls at track speed into the morning January sun in and out of the deep shadows of the canyons wes... (more)

Fall Color and Blue Bird Skies
Eagle Blue glides over East Portal Road in the morning sunshine.

BNSF 4241 (ES44C4) leads a long freight down the mountain from the Moffat Tunnel and through Rollinsville, Colorado.