Freezing Fog and Hoarfrost Subzero temperatures and fog layer everything along the Flatiron Range. Amtrak 5 is leaving Plainview at Tunnel 2. .

Top of the World Corona and Rollins and James stand proud in their 13k plus majesty owning this piece of railroad. MPVODEN makes its daily appearance at the Great Divide just after 080... (more)

Standing atop a rock cut high above the Giant's Ladder, BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest makes an early morning appearance cruising downhill out of the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel against the bre... (more)

During an incredibly windy, frigid and hostile springtime snowstorm in April 1984, a Rio Grande coal train led by EMD SD40T-2 No. 5349, is about to enter the 6.21-mile Moffat Tunnel departing East... (more)

It’s snowing at East Portal, Colorado, as the Rio Grande Ski Train heads west toward the Moffat Tunnel on the morning of March 24, 2007.

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe Office Car Special approaches East Portal, Colorado, on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision on August 28, 2000. Powering the passenger train is a p... (more)

Pepsi Can Amtrak In an attempt to shoot both East Portal and here I chose to use my UAV for this capture from roughly 6 feet off the top set of rocks above tunnel 1; a favorite spot of... (more)

The eastbound Rocky Mountaineer begins its descent into Denver after emerging out of the Moffat Tunnel at East Portal as fall foliage is still standing in early October.

Autumn Rocky Mountaineer Running with proper leader the westbound Rocky Mountaineer is hustling towards Moffat Tunnel.

A New Chapter for the California Zephyr
ALC-42 AMTK 301 leads an all star cast of brand new power including 309, 313, and 314 and test car among the usual consist and not a GE P42 ... (more)

If a railroad knew something about operating a railroad through the mountains, not around them, it was certainly the Rio Grande. On a railroad riddled with grades and tunnels, it took a page from ... (more)

June Snow
Snow and flock fill the valley below Rollins Pass on June 1, 2022.

Morning Glint at MP.49
Winter Park Express is hitting the morning sun under the Great Divide before entering the Moffat Tunnel and it’s destination at Winter Park.

Having departed the platform at Winter Park and run through Moffat Tunnel just a few minutes prior, Amtrak train 1106 - the eastbound Winter Park Express - cruises along at East Portal, CO during ... (more)

Morning Splendor at East Portal
Repeat attempts finally paid off on the 6th. Even still subzero temps chill me to the bone as I patiently wait here in full exposure to the 14 thousan... (more)