Soft Light at Coal Creek
Nice opportunity to shoot an old friend in different light at a favorite spot due broken rail repair near Wray, CO.

Springtime in the Rockies
Eastbound from the Flatiron’s and through Coal Creek in and out of the shadows of receding spring thunder delights the senses on this very wet May day... (more)

2 Minutes after Sunrise
CAXWE-25 an empty home road Union Pacific coal bucket rounds the tangent before tunnel 1 near Coal Creek 2 minutes after sunrise at 0706 on December 2, 2021... (more)

Snow at Coal Creek Canyon
In a spring blizzard on March 29, 2007, BNSF’s Denver to Provo manifest freight climbs the grade through the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon between Clay and Plai... (more)

Operating over six hours late, Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr works upgrade out of Clay, Colorado, and is about to cross over Blue Mountain Drive grade crossing approaching Coal Creek Cany... (more)

Snow and a soft sunset through the storm
Snowy evening light fill the canyons among the snow fly.

UP Special though Coal Creek
Classic Streamliner colors at Coal Creek.

Spring Snow in the Tunnel District

At the end of a vibrant chase, thankfully this eastbound was working back to Denver at a slow enough pace to able to catch it in so man... (more)

Storm Light at Coal Creek

That terrific storm light in the early spring along the cliffs of Coal Creek back light an ascending oil can into the last curve before heading ... (more)

Blue Mountain Magic

Spring thunderstorms batter the high plains with a characteristic clearing along the Flatiron Range near Coal Creek.

Frosty Morning at Coal Creek

HDENPVO-1 is climbing the +2.00 grade at milepost 22.97 in Coal Creek Canyon, CO on Tuesday January 26, 2021. Within moments the train will be ... (more)

Classic California Zephyr

Amtrak is ascending the grade at Coal Creek Canyon in front of the tangent into Tunnel 1. Ideal light illuminates icicles and the trip from Chica... (more)

BNSF Coal at Coal Creek

Just past east Plain at MP23 loaded coal from Utah on its way to Tulsa zig zags into the cut before tunnel 1 at Coal Creek, CO.

Storied Wood

Westbound and about to enter the first bore of the Tunnel District BNSF’s HDENPVO manifest is moving some new pipe and a pleasant variety of business. The ancien... (more)