On the ride with DRGW Zephyr 17

A coal train loaded west of Steamboat Springs on the Craig Branch rolls through Byers Canyon alongside beside the Colorado River as it approaches Hot Sulfur Springs on its eastward journey.

BNSF's daily Denver to Provo trackage rights manifest train rolls downgrade along the Colorado River through Byers Canyon. This location is just a couple of miles west of the town of Hot Sulphur S... (more)

Its a tight squeeze between the steep walls of Byers Canyon with the bottom shared by Rt. 40, the Colorado River (or more like Colorado Creek these days) and the UP Moffat sub mainline which is be... (more)

An Eastbound UP Manifest heads through Byers Canyon.

Amtrak 5 snakes its way through the nearly continuous curves of Byers Canyon.

A westbound freight zig-zags along the shelf above the Colorado River a couple miles west of HSS.

An empty westbound hopper train twists its way through Byers Canyon with a pair of CSX units that are a long way from home trailing.

Amtrak 6 snakes east through the nearly continuous curves of Byers Canyon.

UP runs an annual Engineering Special that frequently seems to make its way over the Moffat! Such was the case here as the eastbound special, led by UP 6936, wraps its way through Byers Canyon. Th... (more)

Nearly thirty years ago, #708 eastbound coal from Phippsburg grinds slowly through Byers Canyon behind 5362, 5397, 5377, 5399 and 5388 in June 1981. Another four Tunnel Motors are assisting some s... (more)

Amtrak #198 brings #5, the California Zephyr, slowly through Byers Canyon, Colorado. This is on the Union Pacific's Moffat Tunnel Sub. The loose rock on the steep slopes here require near continuo... (more)

Looking more like a model than the real thing, the lead units of ZDVRO faintly reflect off the dark water of the Colorado River as they pass through Byers Canyon.

A sunny June day in 1981 finds 5318, 5340 and 5374 going about their business on a westbound freight in Byers Canyon.