Eastbound Coal Loads exiting Moffat Tunnel. (Thank you to Chip S. for acting as tour guide this day.)

UP 6721, a ex-CNW Operation Lifesaver Unit, is the DPU on a westbound mty-coal train. (Thank you to Chip S. for acting as tour guide this day.)

Denver to Roper Yard manifest, paralleling CR 16, on UP's Moffat Line. (Thank you to Chip S. for acting as tour guide this day.)

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr rumbles along South Boulder Creek in Rollins Canyon just east of Rollinsville, Colorado, on April 30, 1998. This short, but scenic canyon is located on Union... (more)

Denver to Roper Yard manifest, passing through Rollinsville, on UP's Moffat Line. (Thank you to Chip S. for acting as tour guide this day.)

In a brief burst of sunlight, mty's head westbound on UP's Moffat Line, to West Elk mine. (Thank you to Chip S. for acting as tour guide this day.)

A rare un-patched Southern Pacific unit brings up the rear of this loaded coal train. It is waiting on the main while the eastbound California Zephyr passes on the siding, heading down to Denver.

Spring has sprung in most places on the UP system, but not here at East Portal. Even at this late date, the surrounding mountains still hold several feet of snow and sleet fell throughout the morn... (more)

It has been as easy day for two SD-40T-2s as they escorted the Rio Grande Ski Train up to Winter Park and now cradle it back down the mountain at Rollinsville, Colo. toward Denver on March 15, 198... (more)

BNSF’s MDENPVO (Denver to Provo, Utah manifest) freight works its way west at Rollins, Colorado, on March 6, 2009. On the point is a ES44AC, SD70MAC and C44-9W locomotive set, with two C44-9Ws p... (more)

Westbound BNSF’s MDENPVO (Denver to Provo, Utah manifest) freight exits Rollins Canyon and passes through Rollinsville, Colorado, on March 6, 2009. On the point is a ES44AC, SD70MAC and C44-9W l... (more)

UP 5734 leads an unusual GE-EMD-GE-EMD lash-up on a Westbound coal empty in the siding at Rollinsville

Some other westbounds had to stop in some of the sidings to wait for Amtrak to get out of the way. Seen here a westbound coal empty waits in the siding at Rollinsville after Amtrak has passed befo... (more)

In short but scenic Rollins Canyon, the Rio Grande Ski Train exits Tunnel 30 east of Rollinsville, Colorado, on the morning of March 6, 2009. Rollins Canyon is inaccessible except by foot or rail,... (more)

The so-called “Bill Gates Special,” a chartered Wisconsin and Southern passenger train with a few added cars for good measure, heads westbound just west of Rollins, Colorado, on September 25, ... (more)