A summer edition of the Rio Grande Ski Train climbs the two-percent grade in the “Tunnel District” between Tunnels 16 and 17 in South Draw east of Crescent, Colorado, on June 23, 2001.
It's a gorgeous morning in Colorado's High Country as Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr rounds the curve before entering Tunnel 19 near Crescent, Colorado on September 20, 2015.
Even though putt-putt motorcars had mostly been replaced by hyrail vehicles, on March 30, 1985 a D&RGW section man chose to use his putt-putt to reach switch cleaning duties after a snowfall at Cr... (more)