A UP coal load assults the 1% grade up Gore Canyon. The Moffat Road ran a survey around this chasm up and over the Gore Range on a long and twisting 2%, the route thru the canyon was more expensiv... (more)
The head end of a train full of empty coal hoppers bound for the Craig Branch pokes out of Tunnel 39 as the tail end continues the journey around the curves of the valley floor.
Amtrak 5 speeds across the flats near Kremmling into the afternoon sun. In just a few miles the scenery will change dramatically as the California Zephyr enters the dramatic Gore Canyon, with its ... (more)