Blue Mountain Magic

Spring thunderstorms batter the high plains with a characteristic clearing along the Flatiron Range near Coal Creek.

Amtrak engine 23 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr #6 out of Tunnel 29 during an intense snow storm and continues its decent down the Colorado Rocky Mountains while heading to Denver.

Threading Through the Gold

Fall color glows in the valley at Tolland which plays host to an empty coal bucket moving west swiftly towards the Great Divide.

In the Gun Barrel

BNSF 8383 is down grade at east Tolland under the Giants Ladder of the original Rollins Pass line with heavy sand for the robust fracking business along... (more)

The arrival of the evening's #6 California Zephyr in the Colorado Rocky Mountains coincided with the beginning of a strong winter snow storm. Here Amtrak engine 23 (P42DC) runs through heavy snow... (more)

The #5 California Zephyr has left Denver in the morning and runs through Coal Creek Canyon with three power units, perhaps in anticipation of the snowstorm that is suppose to hit later in the day.... (more)

A trio of Union Pacific GE AC4400CWs power a westbound UP coal empty upgrade past the east switch of Clay siding while climbing the two-percent grade around the Big 10 Curve on Colorado’s Moffat... (more)

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr curves through Tunnel 40 as seen from the rim of Little Gore Canyon between Azure and Radium, Colorado, on August 21, 2014.

An eastbound Union Pacific coal train, led by Chicago & North Western AC4400CW No. 8818, drops down the two-percent grade out of Tunnel 15 and is about to enter Tunnel 14, near Crescent, Colorado,... (more)

BNSF 4228 (ES44C4) leads a freight through Tolland, Colorado and will soon be entering the 6 mile long Moffat Tunnel on its way to the western side of the Continental Divide.

This shot shows the steep grade from Coal Creek Canyon up to Tunnel #1. BNSF 4228 (ES44C4) leads a four headed freight up the hill as llamas graze in the pasture below.

BNSF 7016 (ES44C4) exits Tunnel #1 and heads down grade towards Coal Creek Canyon.

BNSF 7016 (ES44C4) winds through Coal Creek Canyon with a freight on the Moffat Tunnel Sub. The DPU can be seen in the background helping to slow the cars coming down from Tunnel #1.

Gorgeous In Gore. As Amtrak Train 6 (California Zephyr) negotiates the heights above the Colorado River through Gore Valley near Kremmling, Colorado on July 27, 2020, Webb Rail's former Nor... (more)

Careful, Don’t Slip

Around the bend and over the South Boulder HPVODEN1 steps around the tightest tangent on the east side of Moffat Tunnel in the Tunnel District.