AMTK 175 (P42DC) leads the morning's California Zephyr around Blue Mountain as it heads into the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

Amtrak 48 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr through the 180 degree turn in Coal Creek Canyon, passing over Highway 72 in the process.

The California Zephyr Amtrak’s #5 is westbound from Denver, CO high along the Flatiron Range in rural Boulder County in the heart of the tunnel district between tunnel 7 and 8. Today Amtrak Heri... (more)

Amtrak #5, on time with the California Zephyr is passing through the Flatirons in Boulder County near tunnel 3 and 4 amidst a characteristically December Christmas week deep in the Tunnel District... (more)

Amtrak P42 in Heritage scheme #184 leads the eastbound California Zephyr into the horseshoe at Coal Creek, CO. The open mountain meadows of this open space which is the grandstands of the Great Pl... (more)

Amtrak 154 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr through arguably the most scenic stretch of the journey from Chicago to Emeryville, California. It will include 28 tunnels, breathtaking views of mo... (more)

Amtrak 175 (P42DC) has just exited Tunnel #1 on the Moffat Tunnel Sub and is heading to Plainview, Colorado. It will pass through 28 more tunnels before it gets to the 6 mile long Moffat Tunnel, ... (more)

Chicago and Northwestern heritage is glowing in the morning sun at Tunnel 1 near Coal Creek. CNW has a lot of history on the Moffat Road over the years with their connections with the Union Pacifi... (more)

The Spirit of Union Pacific Veterans locomotive leads a special through the dramatic valleys before the Great Divide on the Moffat Road alongside South Boulder Creek. An otherwise drab cloudy day ... (more)

BNSF 8763 (SD70ACe) has just crossed under the Continental Divide via the Moffat Tunnel and leads an oil can train down the hill past Tolland, Colorado.

Winter Park Express emerges from the bore at West Portal at Winter Park, CO amid ideal deep snowy conditions on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. February morning sunshine filters down into the valle... (more)

Fresh heavy snow flocks the entire region to the Great Divide on this early Winter day. Eastbound MGJNY with #7082 on the point heavy in lumber and building supplies for Denver from the Pacific ... (more)

The California Zephyr climbs the hill behind a BNSF freight that was holding on the Rocky siding and is now heading to Denver.

The hazy skies caused by recent wildfires open up a light hole on the tracks just as BNSF 6103 (ES44AC) emerges from Rainbow Cut with a string of oil cans headed for Denver, Colorado.

The California Zephyr led by AMTK 45 (P42DC) meets a BNSF freight which has taken the siding at Rocky, Colorado. The waiving crew member of BNSF 6103 performs a roll-by check of the passenger tra... (more)