On October 27, 2012, we see the Amtrak #6, the Eastbound California Zephyr approaching the East end of East Portal siding after exiting the Moffat Tunnel and meeting a Westbound BNSF Manifest on a... (more)

On a snowy afternoon, BNSF 6878 is seen exiting the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel with a Provo, UT. to Denver, CO. trackage rights train.

Warbonnets on the Moffat: The westbound BNSF freight on Union Pacific’s Moffat Subdivision has a set of A-B-A Super Fleet warbonnets at East Portal, Colorado, late in the day on February 6, 1999. ... (more)

The snow capped continental divide provides the backdrop as Amtrak #6 meets a westbound BNSF Trackage Rights Manifest at the East Portal.

Yellow on yellow: The aspens are almost at their peak above the 6.21-mile Moffat Tunnel at East Portal, Colorado, on September 25, 1999. An eastbound Union Pacific coal train pops out of the tunne... (more)

Kirk and Chase film this Paducah, KY to Bowie, CO empty coal train that is approaching the East Portal Road Crossing at East East Portal.

A Patched SP is the DPU on this Paducah, KY to Bowie, CO Coal Empty at East Portal with the Continental Divide in the background.. The day comes to a close as Amtrak #6 was over an hour and a half... (more)

Spring snow at East Portal: On a snowy March 24, 2007, a Union Pacific coal train approaches the Moffat Tunnel at East Portal, Colorado. I’d tell you the road number of this AC4400CW, if I knew it... (more)

Slowly following Amtrak, this westbound coal empty slowly rolls along the S-Curve between Tolland and East Portal.

It's late in the afternoon as Amtrak #6, the California Zephyr, emerges from the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel as they meet a westbound Lincoln, NE to Provo, UT BNSF Manifest.

A few signs of the fall colors remain as an eastbound coal train snakes its way east. As the leaves disappear the first signs of the coming winter are beginning to appear on the peaks above.

The golden leafs of aspen trees fill the valley where the locomotives once painted in their honor once roared. Today a big GE wearing a similar color leads a hefty coal train safely out of the Col... (more)

The golden leafs of aspen trees fill the valley where the locomotives once painted in their honor once roared. Today a big GE wearing a similar color leads empty coal hoppers back to Colorado mine... (more)

Autumn at East Portal: On a beautiful September 23, 2005, a UP coal train led by Southern Pacific AC4400CW No. 266 begins the decent to Denver after leaving the Moffat Tunnel at East Portal, Color... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific coal train leaves East Portal siding on October 4, 2011, amid the golden colors of autumn.