Possibly for the first time ever, a passenger train runs on the south end of UP's Cane Creek Subdivision. Construction on the line started in August 1961 by the Denver and Rio Grande Western. It w... (more)

UP 4014 just crossed over from Main 2 to Main 1 at C&S Junction, and then crossed over Clear Creek, continuing to pull west so the train can clear the OS to get a light to back up east. The Big Bo... (more)

After spending all day yesterday in the storage yard at North Yard, it is now time for this Big Boy excursion to return back to Cheyenne! UP 4014 is putting on a fantastic show in the early mornin... (more)

Just minute after sunrise, UP 4014 is warming up and steaming to life in preparation for a journey north on the Greeley Sub back to homebase in Cheyenne. The rising sun in golden hour shines throu... (more)

From above Tunnel 1, we see the California Zephyr as it climbs the roughly 2% from the base of Coal Creek Canyon up to the east portal of Tunnel 1. This, of course, is the first of 28 tunnels the ... (more)

Have you ever wondered why the Rio Grande chose "Aspen Gold" for its main color? This shot might help! Deciduous trees at their peak fall colors line both sides of the tracks near the we... (more)

Along the Dotsero Cutoff, the tracks cross from one side of the Colorado River to the other multiple time. One such bridge is right around MP 149.5 in red canyon. I am not sure if red canyon is th... (more)

In 1906, surveyors for David Moffat decided that Gore Canyon was the route the railroad would take on its way west. Four tunnels were built through some of the solid rock faces. 118 years later, a... (more)

UP 4014 is headed west on Main 1 after emerging from Hermosa Tunnel on a summer run that will take the train through several western states over the next month or so. The train made a mechanical s... (more)

The westbound California Zephyr passes through a Winter Wonderland in the midst of the area known as the Tunnel District. This is on UP's Moffat Tunnel Subdivision, located about 26 miles west of ... (more)

Amtrak Above the Clouds The weather in the Denver-Metro area is weird this morning. Once or twice a year, the ground is warm enough and the air cools enough overnight to create a layer of ... (more)

It is 7:22am and the valley in which the Moffat Tunnel is located is half lit by the rising sun. A trio of BNSF DPUs brings up the tail end of a westbound coal train, which is disappearing in to t... (more)

Minutes before the sun peeks over the top of the ridge, a westbound loaded BNSF coal load approaches the signals at the west end of Tolland. Traditionally, coal loads on the Moffat head east. Howe... (more)

Fall colors are at their peek in the Colorado high country. The westbound Zephyr is running right on time through Tolland, just about two miles west of the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel.

BNSF's Denver-Provo trackage rights manifest passes through the beautiful scenery found near the Moffat Tunnel at close to 9,000 feet above sea level.