Autumn Evening at the Great Divide Along the banks of the South Boulder the eastbound Rocky Mountaineer is rolling the tangent out of the Gun Barrel from Boulder Park. The James Peak W... (more)

The Rocky Mountaineer climbs toward Tunnel 1 just east of Plainview, Colorado, on the morning of October 19, 2022. With evergreens dominant on much of Colorado’s Front Range mountains, fall colo... (more)

A Very Popular Location Twice this week, a week where I couldn’t walk up I fly for my usual takes I’m greeted by numerous rail fans playing the tunnel 1 area at Coal Creek. Repeat ... (more)

Despite record snow-pack in BC and the Northwest US, Spring rains melted the snow too soon, then fall fires and the driest September on record has drained the rivers. Ridership on the Rocky Mounta... (more)

The Rocky Mountaineer leaves tunnel 1 behind and begins the climb towards the Moffat Tunnel.

The Rocky Mountaineer's 8021 (GP40-3) has a great looking paint job to match the passenger cars in their fleet.

The Rocky Mountaineer passenger train passes through the cut in Coal Creek Canyon as it runs towards Denver, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

GP40-2 8018 and GP40-2(W) 8013 depart from Kamloops and head east on the Shuswap Sub with Rocky Mountaineer's "First Passage West" tour train.

Following Amtrak train 5 a few blocks behind (Amtrak was exiting Tunnel 2 as this train approached West Rocky), the westbound Rocky Mountaineer tour train works toward Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, ... (more)

The eastbound Rocky Mountaineer begins its descent into Denver after emerging out of the Moffat Tunnel at East Portal as fall foliage is still standing in early October.

The fall colors are in full bloom on the Moffat Tunnel line as the Rocky Mountaineer passes the sumac bushes at Plainview, Colorado.

Fall in Coal Creek Canyon Fall in Coal Creek has arrived. Good thing too, the westbound @rockymountaineer is just right into that glorious fall morning light.

The Rocky Mountaineer runs through Tolland, Colorado as it heads towards the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel.

The Rocky Mountaineer's 8020 (GP40-3) leads the train out of Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado. It will be the first of 29 tunnels that the train will enter before passing under the Continental Div... (more)

Canyon Walls The Rocky Mountaineer was delightfully on time today with matched power for a spectacular ride west through the Moffat Road’s tunnel district. Fall light pours into the d... (more)