Tom Golden photo.
Coal heading downgrade through the Flatirons. This train will make it to Clay before stopping to let the westbound California Zephyr pass.
With a low throated chug, two relatively new AC4400CW units ease their coal train into Plain, CO for a meet with westbound empties. The days of SP as an independent carrier and of the former D&RGW... (more)
The California Zephyr existing the first tunnel ("Tunnel #1") in the D&RGW Tunnel District.
Amtrak #5, the westbound CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR, curves between Tunnels 2 and 3 on UP's Moffat Tunnel Subdivision just west of Plain, July 31, 1997, 10:35 a.m. This is the same fill that washed away in... (more)
An eastbound coal train heads downgrade into Tunnel 1 at Plain
The westbound Zephyr exits tunnel 1.
Rolling downhill just after dawn with coal from the Yampa Valley (Craig) branch.
UP 6028 rumbles out of Tunnel #1, headed up the Moffatt Line toward the Craig Branch to reload.
Loaded coal rolls downhill early on the morning of August 21st. It will make it to Rocky Siding before waiting for the westbound California Zephyr.
The Ski Train in a classic pose, but during the summer.
The California Zephyr rumbles out of Tunnel #1, 30 minutes behind the summer "Ski Train."
The Ski Train, on a summer special, rumbles out of Tunnel #1 on its way to Winter Park ... in the summer.
