The Westbound Rocky Mountaineer is seen at Tolland crossing over South Boulder Creek. The train will soon cross over the Continental Divide through the Moffat Tunnel before continuing to Glenwood ... (more)

Minutes before the sun peeks over the top of the ridge, a westbound loaded BNSF coal load approaches the signals at the west end of Tolland. Traditionally, coal loads on the Moffat head east. Howe... (more)

Fall colors are at their peek in the Colorado high country. The westbound Zephyr is running right on time through Tolland, just about two miles west of the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel.

UP 2751 (C45AH) leads an eastbound freight down the mountain on the Moffat Tunnel Sub, running between Tolland and Rollinsville.

UP 2751 (C45AH) leads an eastbound freight down the Tolland Valley, passing the historic green schoolhouse that sits in the valley painted gold with the changing aspen.

BNSF 7652 (ES44DC) leads a freight down from the Moffat Tunnel East Portal and through the valley lined with golden aspen.

A fly fisherman waves to the Rocky Mountaineer as it heads towards the Moffat Tunnel, passing the aspen that have turned the portal valley to gold.

The California Zephyr #5 runs through the valley at Tolland, Colorado which is bathed in gold from the turning aspen trees.

The “Rockies to the Red Rocks” Rocky Mountaineer passenger train rolls westbound through Tolland, Colorado, on September 13, 2023.

The Rocky Mountaineer Railtours passenger train climbs toward the Moffat Tunnel just east of Tolland, Colorado, along South Boulder Creek on September 13, 2023.

UP 8970 (SD70AH) leads a freight around the elevated corner between Tolland and Rollinsville, Colorado.

A Union Pacific Officer's Special runs through the valley at Tolland, Colorado. It will only be a few more weeks before the valley turns gold as the aspen change with the cooler weather.

UP 8970 (SD70AH) leads a freight towards the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel, passing South Boulder Creek in the process.

Experiment at Moffat Tunnel by Anna Huezo I found this charming scene on the "Moffat Road" group on Facebook taken by a local photographer by the name of Ana Huezo. She wowed me on thi... (more)

Summer Green at Tolland The dream season of 2023 brought rain upon rain in the high country in 2022 leading to intense green that never stopped and high deer flies.