In the Valley of Moffat’s Dream Moving through East Portal for a destination at North Yard.
Amtrak engine 71 leads the California Zephyr through Tolland, Colorado under some of the worse conditions imaginable. The temperature was around 23 degrees and the wind was blowing 50-60mph, insta... (more)
A Union Pacific passenger train follows the Colorado River approaching Yarmony, Colorado, while traveling westbound over the railroad’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision on August 3, 2014. Powering the ni... (more)
Big Oil on Moffat OWUSJ-07 Wildcat, UT to St. James, LA Originated on Utah Rwy Big oil fills the valley from tunnel 1 to Blue Mountain Road on January 10, 2021. Sh... (more)
Big Oil on Moffat OWUSJ-07 Wildcat, UT to St. James, LA Originated on Utah Rwy Big loaded Union Pacific oil here past tunnel 26 near Wundervu, CO after about 3” of... (more)
The haze is thick as the California Zephyr rounds the horseshoe corner in Coal Creek Canyon and gets ready to climb the hill towards Tunnel #1.
BNSF 8148 (ES44C4) has just met the morning's California Zephyr at Rollinsville, Colorado and will head down the Moffat Tunnel Sub to Denver later in the day.
Warbonnet BNSF 4705 (Dash9) leads three other BNSF Pumpkins in an elephant formation as they drop down from Tunnel #1 and head into Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado.
Between 6 and 7 Amtrak 5 the California Zephyr is exiting the bore at Tunnel 6 and about to enter the darkness of Tunnel 7 high up on the Flatiron Range over Boulder County... (more)
Eagle on the Continental Divide The Union Pacific heritage Missouri Pacific Eagle rolls into the morning sun just after sunrise on a summer’s morning east of the Great Divi... (more)
Western Pacific Leads West Western Pacific 1983 leads the MNYGJ through East Portal in the glistening low light of an early spring evening at the Great Divide.
In the Valley of the Grande Gold Absolute peak color lines the Moffat Road at Tolland on the original grade. The Union Pacific Armor Yellow MGJNY makes a timely and complim... (more)
Snow, Blowing Snow, Sun, and Mountains Weather and trains, this is my passion and finding that spot between the sun and a raging winter storm over the Great Divide is alway... (more)
Warbonnet Leader at Plainview in 2021 Eastbound HPVODEN1 was especially short today and with a most unusual visitor, first time in many years I’ve had the rare privilege to... (more)
With high winds whipping the snow capped mountains above the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel, BNSF 8148 (ES44C4) leads a mixed freight out of the mountain shadows and into the open area around To... (more)
