An eastbound Union Pacific coal train rolls downgrade out of Plainview, Colorado, and approaches Tunnel 1 and Coal Creek Canyon on April 26, 2000. Two UP GE AC4400CWs bracket a yet to be renumbere... (more)

The California Zephyr has blue skies ahead as it begins the Moffat Tunnel Sub journey, which will involve running through 30 tunnels including the 6-mile-long Moffat Tunnel under the Continental D... (more)

The California Zephyr tries to outrun the snow clouds moving in over Plainview, Colorado as it heads up the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

UP 5105 (SD70M) leads the Rocky Mountaineer passenger train through the Rainbow Cut just north of the Plainview crossing.

Soft Light at Tunnel 1
Tunnel 1 on an overcast morning.

Under the Mickey Mouse Wall
Tunnel 3 and 4 play host to a coal bucket in home road colors shortly after sunrise.

UP 8243 (ES44AC) has climbed the 2% grade up to Tunnel 1 at Plainview while the rest of the train follows down in Coal Creek Canyon.

Five Rio Grande F7s lead by 5644, exits Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado and gets ready to drop down into Coal Creek Canyon in May 1965. Photo by J.B. Calvert, from my slide collection.

The California Zephyr climbs up the 2% grade towards Tunnel 1 in the snow.

Eastbound Union Pacific freight RODVM (Roper Yard in Salt Lake City to Denver Manifest) heads downgrade out of Tunnel 1 just east of Plainview, Colorado, on October 22, 1997. Rio Grande’s first ... (more)

The California Zephyr runs through light snow at Plainview, Colorado. There has not been much snow at all along the Colorado Front Range this winter.

A Union Pacific coal train threads through the Flat Irons rock formations exiting Tunnel 3 approaching Plainview, Colorado, on November 23, 1999. The Public Service of Colorado (PSCX) train is led... (more)

Rio Grande train 187, off the Burlington Northern in Denver, has a couple of Cascade green machines in the consist on the morning of July 8, 1989, as the westbound freight climbs toward Tunnel 1 a... (more)

The California Zephyr heads up the 2% grade towards Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado.

Due to heavy snows in California the California Zephyr #6 was over 14 hours late getting into Denver, which afforded the rare opportunity to catch the train running through Tunnel 2 during morning... (more)