Snow is falling in the mountains above Rollins Pass as the sun shines on the golden aspen in the Tolland valley below. UP 8944 (D70ACe) leads the Grand Junction to Denver train out of the east por... (more)

Amtrak engine #134 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr around the bend entering Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado.

Along the Dotsero Cutoff, the tracks cross from one side of the Colorado River to the other multiple time. One such bridge is right around MP 149.5 in red canyon. I am not sure if red canyon is th... (more)

In 1906, surveyors for David Moffat decided that Gore Canyon was the route the railroad would take on its way west. Four tunnels were built through some of the solid rock faces. 118 years later, a... (more)

The westbound California Zephyr rips through Troublesome, where trains have picked up time between canyons for decades.

Amtrak 5 rolls slowly through Byers Canyon just west of Hot Sulfur Springs, with Amtrak 203 in tow. Once it exits the canyon, it will hit the gas all the way to Kremmling before slowing down to en... (more)

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr is about to plunge into Tunnel 42 just east of Radium, Colorado, on June 24, 2024.

Union Pacific’s freight operating between Grand Junction and Denver (MGJNY), crosses the Colorado River just east of Burns, Colorado, on the morning of June 26, 2024. This location on the Dotser... (more)

The California Zephyr runs into the horseshoe curve in Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado as it heads up the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

A 3x2 loaded oil train for St. James, LA heads east down the Moffat Tunnel Sub as it passes the signal of West Cliff.

An eastbound Union Pacific loaded oil train descends down the mountain grade of the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision as rain falls over the rockies at Rollinsville, CO.

An empty oil train with six units heads west back to the oil fields of Wellington, UT as it climbs the 2% grade of Coal Creek Canyon towards Tunnel 1.

An eastbound Union Pacific oil train passes through Azure, Colorado, as it enters rugged Gore Canyon on Union Pacific’s scenic Moffat Tunnel Subdivision on June 24, 2024.

The Rocky Mountaineer runs through the Horseshoe curve in Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado as it heads up the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Amtrak engine #192 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr through Coal Creek Canyon and heads to Tunnel #1 on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.