A Westbound empty coal drag is seen starting the climb of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains out of Denver. The train is approaching Coal Creek Canyon and has just crossed Blue Mountain Road.
Rocky Mountain Rail Tours #2021 (GP40-3) leads the passenger train out of Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado and will drop into Coal Creek Canyon on its way to Denver.
Loaded oil train OXPSJ-24 is seen heading East toward Denver coming down the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains on the Union Pacific Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. The train is crossing Blue Mountain ... (more)
Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr has just curved out of Tunnel 1 east of Plainview while climbing Colorado’s front range mountains on the morning of September 13, 2023.
The California Zephyr runs along the base of Blue Mountain Road as it climbs through Eisele, Colorado.
The California Zephyr 5 train leaves the Denver skyline behind (in the upper right) and passes through Leyden, Colorado on its way up the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
The California Zephyr runs between Tunnels #1 and #2 as it passes through Plainview, Colorado.
BNSF 6012 (ES44AC) shoved a coal train past a waiting UP freight train waiting on the siding at Plainview, Colorado.
Plainview BNSF MPVODEN nears Denver through Plain.
UP 6789 (AC4400CW) leaves Plainview, Colorado as it heads towards Tunnel #1 and Coal Creek Canyon.
UP 6789 (AC4400CW) sits among the wild sunflowers at Plainview, Colorado, waiting for a BNSF coal train to pass on the main track.
With the Boulder Flatirons in the background, a UP crewman walks back to his motor as BNSF 6012 (ES44AC) passes and heads up the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
UP 6454 AC4400CW leads an officer's special down the hill into Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado as it heads to Denver.
UP 6454 AC4400CW exits Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado and will drop down into Coal Creek Canyon.
