BNSF Coal at Coal Creek

Just past east Plain at MP23 loaded coal from Utah on its way to Tulsa zig zags into the cut before tunnel 1 at Coal Creek, CO.

Storied Wood

Westbound and about to enter the first bore of the Tunnel District BNSF’s HDENPVO manifest is moving some new pipe and a pleasant variety of business. The ancien... (more)

BNSF loaded coal in the Tolland Valley

Wednesday December 9, 2020 the Union Pacific Moffat Subdivision played host to a unlikely traveler. BNSF 6271 leads a trio of power with ... (more)

Heavy snow greets BNSF 7875 (ES44DC) as it muscles an oil can train through Crescent, Colorado.

BNSF 6764 ES44C4 shoves a west bound freight towards Tunnel #29 and will soon reach Pinecliffe, Colorado on its way to the Moffat Tunnel and under the Continental Divide.

BNSF 6764 ES44C4 runs WB through Tunnel #29 as it muscles a freight towards Pinecliffe, Colorado.

Three brand-new BNSF EMD SD70ACes lead an eastbound coal train descending the Front Range of the Rockies at Coal Creek Canyon between Plainview and Clay, Colorado, on May 5, 2014.

Pillows of Snow

Tuesday, November 24th was kissed with a fresh 8” of sticky snow early before dawn at Coal Creek Canyon. Amtrak 5, running about 2 hours late the California Z... (more)

Early Union Pacific locomotive consists on Colorado’s former Rio Grande Moffat Tunnel line could be colorful as seen on April 2, 2001. Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 No. 5401 leads UP and Southern Pacif... (more)

Snowy Morning at the Divide

A picture book snow fall is underway within a few short miles of the Great Divide at East Portal, CO on the Moffat Road. In this frame the Grand Jun... (more)

UP 3027 (SD70AH-T4) exists Tunnel 29 as it leads a freight through Pinecliffe on the Moffat Tunnel Sub. The 20 degree temperature, snow and high winds made for a cold day of rail fanning in the m... (more)

A fierce snow storm pounds the mountains around Pinecliffe, Colorado as UP 3027 (SD70AH-T4) exits Tunnel 29 and heads towards Denver.

Amtrak 69 (P42DC) leads a triple headed California Zephyr up Big Ten Curve as it leaves the Colorado Front Range and heads towards the Moffat Tunnel and the Rocky Mountains.

UP 7295 roars out of the Moffat Tunnel in Winter Park.

AMTK 69 (P42DC) leads a triple headed California Zephyr through Little Ten Curve as it climbs the grade towards the tunnel district on the Moffat Line. The Flatirons of Boulder, Colorado can be s... (more)