Rio Grande EMD GP60 No. 3155 leads Ansco’s Rio Grande Ski Train around the wye at Tabernash, Colorado, on March 22, 1997.

March Snows Bring.... A post-winter snow storm's effects are still in evidence on March 24, 2022, as Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome/sleeper 313 (WEBX 80... (more)

Its snowing on the Continental Divide as a Burlington Northern Santa Fe manifest freight heads west through the siding at Tabernash, Colorado, while the Ansco Ski Train waits on the wye track on t... (more)

Tall In Tabernash. On Monday, July 27, 2020, Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome/sleeper 313 (WEBX 801044) and former New York Central Railroad Budd built Pu... (more)

The turning point for the Rio Grande Ski Train operating from Denver to Winter Park is the wye at Tabernash, Colorado. After unloading passengers just outside the west end of the Moffat Tunnel at ... (more)

A Provo to Denver BNSF trackage rights train rolls thru the siding at Tabernash around an empty UP coal train holding the main. The train has just left the confines of Fraser Canyon behind. For so... (more)

The Grand Jct to North Yard in Denver freight train rolls out of Tabernash on the Moffat Tunnel Sub. The train is working towards the continental divide at Moffat Tunnel, about 10 miles ahead. Thi... (more)

An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe manifest freight departs Tabernash, Colorado, on the morning of February 16, 2002.

The Rio Grande Ski Train has finished turning on the wye at Tabernash, Colorado, and is now heading east to Fraser on March 22, 1997. The 18-car train is powered by Rio Grande GP60 Nos. 3155 and 3... (more)

An empty Union Pacific coal train rolls into Tabernash

The eastbound Zephyr is making its way through the siding at Tabernash around an eastbound coal load with UP 1988 on the point. With the sun moving into the western sky, the light is just perfect ... (more)

On a chilly October day (42°F), UP 1988 sits on the point of an eastbound coal load on the main at Tabernash as a few lazy clouds glide across the sky. The train, which loaded at Energy on the Cr... (more)

You look good on the roll by
The conductor on the Rio Grande Ski Train gives a westbound Union Pacific coal empty a “good roll by” on the radio as the last car of the train glides b... (more)

The Rio Grande Ski Train turns on the wye at Tabernash, Colorado, on December 27, 2001. The train is on a connecting track from the main line, which is against the ridge in the background, and the... (more)

After meeting the westbound California Zephyr, EMD starts testing its Tier-4 prototypes. UP's units are pulling east, but will soon throttle down and enter full dynamics. At that point, the SD70AC... (more)