Curving through South Draw: Union Pacific’s Denver to Salt Lake City freight (MDVRO) rumbles through the Tunnel District east of Crescent, Colorado, on the afternoon of October 22, 1999. The power... (more)

Working out of Crescent, Colorado, Union Pacific’s MNYRO (North Yard-Denver to Roper Yard-Salt Lake City manifest) passes by snow-covered trees on the morning of March 10, 2013. In the background ... (more)

Union Pacific’s MRONY (Roper Yard-Salt Lake City to North Yard-Denver manifest) rolls through the long curve arcing into Crescent, Colorado, on March 10, 2013. The Continental Divide behind the tr... (more)

Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, rumbles through Crescent, Colorado on the morning of March 10, 2013. Amtrak heritage locomotive No. 145 painted in “phase III” paint scheme leads the train thr... (more)

Chicago and North Western GE AC4400CW No. 8803 leads a Union Pacific coal train westbound at Crescent, Colorado, on the afternoon of October 3, 1999.

A Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW leads a coal load through Crescent, Colorado, on May 7, 2001. A snow-covered Continental Divide of the Rocky Mountains looms above the eastbound train.

Merry Christmas, everyone! A westbound Union Pacific coal train led by EMD SD90MAC-H No. 8202 and two more SD9043MACs approaches Crescent, Colorado, on a very snowy April 23, 1999. Union Pacific 8... (more)

An Eastbound Coal Load rounds the curve at Crescent using all of its dynamics and train brakes to hold the train back down the grade with two GEs including a GEVO on the point and the Continental ... (more)

The DPU on this coal load rolls down the grade trying to hold back this heavy train down the mountain with dynamics and train brakes at Crescent. The smoke from the train is from the brake shoes o... (more)

Amtrak #5, the California Zephyr sweeps around an S-Curve between Crescent and Plainview near Tunnel 18.

A Union Pacific passenger special exits Tunnel 18 east of Crescent, Colorado, on June 10, 2002. A lone, new EMD SD70, No. 4926, leads the shiny yellow train westbound through the “Tunnel District.... (more)

Amtrak’s California Zephyr is westbound in the Rio Grande’s Tunnel District east of Crescent, Colorado, on July 16, 1990. The train is passing through Tunnel 14, with the locomotives about to ente... (more)

The daily Denver-Provo train from BNSF is seen from Chute Rd as it leaves Tunnel 18 of the Moffat route. Thanks go to Joe McMillan who joined us for a nice afternoon in the Front Range.

The day after a horrific accident due to a rock slide that claimed the lives of 2 men West of Crescent, GP40-2's 3117 and 3128 bring down the remainder of the train that was involved in the wreck.... (more)