A westbound Union Pacific coal empty climbs the 2% grade of the Moffat Road. It was a balmy 16 degrees when I got in the truck to drive over to Tunnel One, by the time I made the hike it was clos... (more)

A very rare occurrence on UP's Moffat Tunnel Sub as a Spartan Cab SD40-2 leads a westbound coal empty, assaulting the roughly 2% grade on the approach to Tunnel 1. It was expected the SD40-2 would... (more)

The blue of CSX's Dark Future scheme looks mighty fine amidst the Rocky Mountains. this coal train, which originated east of the Mississippi on CSX, has managed to keep all three of is CSX leaders... (more)

An eastbound coal load makes its way through the S-Curves at Coal Creek and Blue Mountain on a soggy September morning. The train, sneaking beneath low-hanging clouds, loaded at the Energy Mine on... (more)

A westbound manifest climbs the 2% grade in Coal Creek Canyon. The heavy manifest is approaching Tunnel One..... The DPU has just cleared Blue Mountain Road....

Rebuilt at Burnham in 1969 as a Tool Car, this old 40 foot DRGW Boxcar began life in the 1940's.... This car still has a place on the Union Pacific in 2017, complete with roofwalk and high brake.... (more)

A westbound manifest climbs the 2% grade in Coal Creek Canyon. The train is about to cross Blue Mountain Road on the approach to Tunnel One. The large aggregate plant on the far upper right is on ... (more)

After a two hour wait for a new crew, UP 8627 and the GSKIAK-10 departs Eisele Siding and descends Big Ten Curve towards Denver.

UP 8783 heading towards Rocky with a full load of coal.

In the last bit of golden sunshine, Union Pacific SD70ACe-T4 Nos. 3027, 3019, and 3014 lead three more mundane UP units on the westbound North Yard (Denver)-Roper Yard (Salt Lake City) manifest th... (more)

A thunderstorm moves north across the Denver Metro Area as westbound coal empties for West Elk Mine led by Union Pacific ES44AC No. 7815 climbs the 2-percent grade around Big Ten Curve near Arvada... (more)

This Union Pacific manifest will soon be threading thru tunnels along the distant Flatirons (upper right). Note the old corral in the foreground pasture, I wonder if it was there to witness 2-8-8... (more)

The 1.8-2% climb up Coal Creek Canyon is illustrated by this heavy westbound manifest. The head-end is stacked above the rear DPU as the train negotiates the grade and curves of the Colorado Rock... (more)

Most coal trains that traverse the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision are too long to get the whole train in one shot while going around Big 10 curve, unless you do a lot of hiking for a different angle. H... (more)

BNSF 8533 leads 8531 and 8530 on their first revenue run, a coal load dropping down UP's Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. The train is seen here dropping down from Tunnel 1, and will soon be going 180 d... (more)