BNSF’s Provo to Denver manifest freight has just emerged from the 6.21 miles of darkness of Colorado’s Moffat Tunnel and is rolling eastward past East Portal siding and autumn’s beautiful co... (more)

Amid the colorful splendor of autumn, a BNSF freight pops into sunlight exiting the 6.21-mile Moffat Tunnel at East Portal, Colorado, on September 29, 2003. The eastbound train is passing milepost... (more)

BNSF's eastbound Provo, UT to Denver, CO trackage rights train emerges from the east portal of famed Moffat Tunnel.

It may be springtime in Denver and other parts of the country, but up here at East Portal, Colorado, at over 9,000 feet in elevation, winter still reigns supreme. A westbound Rio Grande freight fi... (more)

An westbound BNSF train is stopped at East Portal waiting for their turn to go thru the Moffat Tunnel. The tunnel has to vented after each train to clear out the exhausted since the tunnel is so l... (more)

Well after sunset, a westbound BNSF manifest from Denver, Colorado to Provo, Utah knocks down the signals protecting the east end of East Portal siding along UP's Moffat Route on December 23, 2016... (more)

The daily BNSF manifest freight from Denver to Provo is just a few miles from entering the world famous Moffat Tunnel and cresting the Continental Divide.

Heritage peeking
An eastbound Union Pacific coal train exits the Moffat Tunnel at East Portal, Colorado, on October 2, 2008. The lead locomotive is a former Chicago & North Western GE AC... (more)

The eastbound Rio Grande Ski Train exits the Moffat Tunnel and meets Union Pacific’s MDVRO at East Portal, Colorado, on February 17, 2001.

A Waiting Game. A BNSF manifest freight holds at the east entrance of Moffat Tunnel for an east bound Union Pacific coal train to clear. Photo taken on railroad property with permission of crew. <... (more)

BNSF ES44C4 No. 8001 and NS C44-9W No. 9174 help shove a lengthy westbound BNSF trackage rights manifest up the 2-percent grade at East Portal, Colorado on September 24, 2016. The train has less t... (more)

It's a gorgeous, but also bi-polar morning in Colorado's high country, but then again, it is Colorado... it changes every five minutes. Seen here, BNSF ES44C4 No. 6791 leads two more BNSF GE's dow... (more)

Union Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 7149 leads an eastbound coal train out of the Moffat Tunnel at East Portal, Colorado, on a beautiful September 24, 2001. The boarded-up abandoned structure on the rig... (more)

The westbound California Zephyr is about to enter the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel.

The weather continues to change rather quickly as a test train led by SD70AH No. 8948 consisting of two of EMD's brand new SD70ACe-T4 Demos is seen crossing over Rollins Pass Road between Tolland ... (more)