The snow was coming down so fast that within minutes the cameras and photogs were covered with inches of wet miserably cold snow. However, we all agreed that it was worth the suffering to see fre... (more)

Colorado was walloped by a monster blizzard, with huge snow flakes and sub-freezing temperatures. The weather caused rocks to break loose and fall on the tracks, which held up the Zephyr until th... (more)

Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW leads a westbound Union Pacific coal empty out of Tunnel 18 just east of Crescent, Colorado, on February 17, 2001.

DRGW 5771 leads the Ski Train westbound at Crescent, CO, on Jan 14, 1984.

Snaking through a rock cut and past snow-covered evergreens, a westbound Union Pacific coal train led by three EMD SD9043MACs approaches Crescent on a very wet April 23, 1999. Merry Christmas ever... (more)

On June 23, 2001, a summer edition of the Rio Grande Ski Train climbs the two-percent grade in the “Tunnel District” between Tunnels 16 and 17 in South Draw east of Crescent, Colorado. The tra... (more)

Rio Grande SD40T-2 5363 eastbound near Crescent, Colorado with the Gross Dam Reservoir in the distance.

Westbound Union Pacific light engines crosses the fill outside Tunnel 16 east of Crescent, Colorado, on the afternoon of September 17, 2019.

Clinging to the flanks of Eldorado Mountain and turning thru the 10 degree curve inside Tunnel 16... This westbound Union Pacific manifest heavy in frack sand blasts out of #16 as it continues int... (more)

EMD locomotives from Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific lead a westbound BNSF unit oil train over the fill exiting Tunnel 16 in South Draw east of Crescent, Colorado, on April 24, 2019.

Bella takes a break from hiking to watch a Denver bound BNSF manifest easing down the 2% grade in the heart of the D&RGW Tunnel District east of Crescent,CO. The three GE's leading the train are a... (more)

The day after a big Front Range snowstorm, Amtrak’s California Zephyr works westbound through Crescent, Colorado, on March 20, 1998. Two new bi-level cars for San Diego Coaster service are deadh... (more)

Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr drops downgrade drops downgrade east of Crescent, Colorado, on August 28, 2019. The train is passing through Tunnel No. 15 and is about to enter Tunnel No. 1... (more)

After pushing a westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight west out of Denver to the top of the grade in the Moffat Tunnel during a late winter snowstorm, a helper set of two BN GE C30-7s drif... (more)

On September 17, 2019, a westbound BNSF manifest freight arcs over the curved fill exiting Tunnel 16 east of Crescent, Colorado, on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. The 698-foot tunnel... (more)