The Big Ten Curve on a full moon night with its 270 degree route lit up by the eastbound California Zephyr heading for Denver.

A tranquil moment on the Moffat Route where the rails leave The Rocky Mountains and head east for The Great Plains and lights of Denver below.

The modern California Zephyr heads west, 8800 feet high in The Rocky Mountains.

9,000 feet high in The Rocky Mountains a winter storm moves in while a westbound BNSF freight climbs the grade at East Portal on the approach to the Moffat Tunnel. UP 6354 waits for clearance east... (more)

The Ski Train climbs thru tunnel 3 westbound as it continues its morning ascent of The Rocky Mountains.

The winter sun casts long shadows in this high mountain valley as the rear DPU pushes a string of tank cars west toward the Continental Divide.

The morning after a storm, an eastbound descends thru the curves at the base of Coal Creek Canyon.

Bad weather and a train derailment in Denver yesterday have turned Union Pacific's Moffat Route into a parking lot today. Here are 3 trains waiting for clearance westbound. BNSF 7611 sits on the m... (more)

Wrapped around the base of Coal Creek Canyon, an eastbound coal train continues exiting Tunnel 1 on its descent toward Denver.

A trio of GP40-2's (Union Pacific, Rio Grande, Cotton Belt) work on the Plains west of Denver.

In the final seconds before sunset, the Executive paint scheme on this BNSF engine reflects the final sunshine of the day.

A clearing in a stand of aspen trees reveals a westbound climbing the grade in a high valley(8900 ft) of the Rocky Mountains during the peak of fall color.

Descending thru the Colorado High Country during the peak of fall color, an eastbound coal train runs beside South Boulder Creek.

Looking west at the Continental Divide an eastbound coal train descends across South Boulder Creek on a fall morning.

After six miles inside the Moffat Tunnel beneath the Continental Divide an eastbound coal train emerges from the East Portal into sunshine and fall color.