The BNSF locomotive 6393 is leading a mixed freight train up the Moffat line heading west. In the background you can see the dam of the Gross Reservoir, which is currently being enlarged.
The first snow of the winter season falls over Tolland, Colorado as the Rocky Mountaineer heads west towards the Moffat Tunnel.
The California Zephyr is led by engine #82 in the recently applied Phase VII paint scheme. Here it runs over Highway 72 in Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado.
The California Zephyr looks like a model train as it runs through Byers Canyon west of Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado.
UP 6454 (AC4400CW) climbs the grade out of Coal Creek Canyon with an Officer's Special and heads towards Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado.
A Union Pacific Officer's Special runs through the valley at Tolland, Colorado. It will only be a few more weeks before the valley turns gold as the aspen change with the cooler weather.
BNSF 3784 (ES44C4) leads a freight through Little Ten Curve at Rocky, Colorado.
The California Zephyr has exited Tunnel #1 and begins the climb up the Moffat Tunnel Sub that will take them through 29 tunnels to get to the west side of the Continental Divide.
A rare morning thunderstorm, currently over the City of Boulder, creates some amazing contrast in the sky as partly cloudy skies dominate to the east over the plains. Under the unusual skies, we f... (more)
The California Zephyr heads downhill into the sun at Rocky, Colorado as it gets ready to enter Little Ten Curve while running on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
A manifest approaches Blue Mountain Road
A manifest dips under Highway 93
The Rocky Mountaineer crawls across the Highway 72 overpass, lined behind Amtrak to Denver
The eastbound Rocky Mountaineer clears Crescent after PTC issues caused a delay
Amtrak 164, the new Phase IV heritage unit, leads the westbound California Zephyr
