Fall in the Valley

Amtrak 5 skims the Tolland valley past Karel Park Lake below the Giants Ladder of the old Rollins Pass line among peak Fall color. About to cross East Po... (more)

The eastbound California Zephyr climbs through Glenwood Canyon along the scenic Colorado River.

At the foot of Eldorado Mountain

WKRDVG-29 Work train-Kremmling-Denver-Gang train works eastbound out of tunnel 10 through daylighted tunnel 9 on a vibrant summer morning d... (more)

HPVODEN1 rolls past the remnants of Fireclay, CO at Clay now Eisele. In the distance the Flatirons range still dominates the scene. Big Ten and Little Ten will drop this BNSF hazmat an additional ... (more)

Tunnel District A very heavy westbound manifest for Grand Junction, Colorado crawls thru the most challenging portion of the Moffat Road. There is no place else on the Moffat Road that ch... (more)

Led by Santa Fe GE C40-8W No. 840, an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe manifest freight curves out of short Tunnel 29 east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on the crystal clear afternoon of February... (more)

Seasons mingle at Crescent after the first snows in the high country.

The California Zephyr exits Tunnel 1 with a special guest in tow. The brown car (DOT 221) is the Federal Railroad Administration's Office of Safety car, which is making the journey with the Zephy... (more)

Rip-Rap A heavy train of rip-rap rock climbs the 2% grade out of Rocky Siding. The 8000+ ton train is set up 3x2 and is screaming in Run-8 as it passes our vantage point inside the Big-T... (more)

Tunnel 29 A westbound coal empty wraps around the 12 degree curve into Tunnel 29. The track then makes a northward turn on a 10 degree curve towards PineCliffe in the upper right of the ph... (more)

Coal heading downgrade through the Flatirons. This train will make it to Clay before stopping to let the westbound California Zephyr pass.

The Great Divide at East Portal

A Winter storm is just clearing from the 14,000 foot peaks of the Great Divide. Just after 8 o-clock the daily BNSF Provo Lincoln manifest i... (more)

The Storms over Denver & Big Ten

Storms continue to leave heavy rain and hail over the suburbs of Denver and the High Plains. The evening sun brings out a rainbow and is ab... (more)

Rounding one of the tightest tangents on the Moffat Road over South Boulder Creek and some of the deepest canyons, Union Pacific #2567 leads an oil train past Pinecliffe. Shot on Mavic Pro 2.

AMTK 135 leads the California Zephyr down the hill from Tunnel #1 and will soon arrive in the City of Denver, Colorado, which is visible in the upper right.