Clearing Snow System

Tuesday morning December 29th, 2020 Amtrak P42DC number 161 leads the California Zephyr train number 5 seen here climbing to tunnel 1 on the Moffat Sub... (more)

Big Oil Sunrise at the Great Divide

Of aerials and the Moffat Road, oil and wings roll out of the valley below the Great Divide at East Portal within an hour of sunrise. Sh... (more)

BNSF 6942 (ES44C4) rounds the corner with four mates and a long freight. It will soon pass through Tunnel #1 as it enters the Moffat Tunnel district.

Amtrak 73 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr as it climbs up to Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado.

Amidst low clouds and light snow, the California Zephyr #6 rounds the corner at Crescent, Colorado. It will take another hour an a half to get to Denver's Union Station, but I doubt the riders w... (more)

Threading the Cliffs at Pinecliffe

Destined for Tulsa this loaded coal started its journey at the Savage load-out in Utah. This train runs with a different symbol into Gran... (more)

Heading Home for the Holidays

Amtrak California Zephyr is whipping up the fresh powder in Coal Creek Canyon on its westbound journey with travelers in the Holiday mood. The fre... (more)

Grain Shuttle on Moffat

Grain moves over the Moffat Road on a cold very windy day after a fresh 4” of snow the day before. High wind warnings abound this train was a slow mov... (more)

Grain Shuttle on Moffat

Second frame after passing through the bore of tunnel 29 a grain shuttle runs over the Moffat Road on a cold very windy day after a fresh 4” of snow t... (more)

The morning California Zephyr crosses over Highway 72 as it rounds the horseshoe curve in Coal Creek Canyon, and will start the climb up to Tunnel #1 at Plainview on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Seasons Change

In an instant, Rollinsville was in sunshine while Tolland drew a line in the sand between sun and winter storm. Within a mile of this frame blowing and drifting ... (more)

Beavers, Snow and Mountains...

Blizzard conditions grip the Great Divide while my subject highballs into East Portal with some Canadian Pacific foreign power. These Beavers are... (more)

Under light snow, sub freezing temperatures and a low cloud base, the morning California Zephyr with Amtrak 176 on point runs through Plainview, Colorado.

East Portal Double Reds

Westbound through the curve at East Portal BNSF 8052 leads a clean set of power with the Provo bound manifest.

Wind and Winter

Eastbound and into the turn at Crescent the HPVODEN1 is leaning into the high winds and sub zero windchill which is blowing the camera man off the rock overlook... (more)