“I’ve just got to get there.” That’s what a friend of mine says sarcastically whenever he encounters someone in a hurry for no apparent reason. This is a good example of it. The road to Ea... (more)
The Aspen trees show off their color as Amtrak's eastbound "California Zephyr" has just exited the Moffat Tunnel and begins its downhill descent towards Denver at East Portal, Colorado, ... (more)
It’s late afternoon on June 6, 2001, as Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr emerges from the Moffat Tunnel raising trackside dust as it begins its descent of on 50 miles of two percent grades... (more)
A BNSF manifest freight exits the 6.21-mile Moffat Tunnel at East Portal, Colorado, on September 29, 2003. The eastbound train is powered by a quartet of GE C44-9Ws led by 4536 and is beginning th... (more)
An eastbound coal train has just exited the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel. The tunnel was finished in 1928 and is 24 feet high, 18 feet wide, and 6.2 miles long over the continental divide. Th... (more)