The passengers on Amtrak have a gorgeous day for their trek across the Colorado Rockies. A mountain wave cloud hovers over the Flatirons... Moffat Road!

A Union Pacific manifest, heavy with west slope drilling supplies climbs the Colorado Rockies at Tunnel One. The grade is a long and 'almost' un-relenting 2+% on its way to the Continental Divide... (more)

UP no. 6617 and SP no. 107 lead a loaded coal train down the grade around Big Ten Curve just west of Denver.

Just after sunset, this eastbound loaded coal train comes up to the diverging approach signal at the west end of Leyden Siding in Arvada, CO.

It has been about ten minutes since the sun peeked over the eastern horizon. Early morning haze still clings to the ground around the Denver skyline to the right. A quartet of GEs leads on a coal ... (more)

A somewhat interesting consist was on the head end of this coal empty on a snowy March afternoon. Sandwiched smack in the middle of the five units is a BNSF C44-9W! Sure, railroads pool power...bu... (more)

While the demand for coal has certainly gone down some, you can still find plenty of coal trains running on the Moffat. One such example was this Energy-bound empty, headed west on a simply beauti... (more)

UP's "West Local" throttles up as it approaches the east end of Barbara's Gulch. Ten years ago, the local served three customers west of Leyden and there were days where four geeps were needed due... (more)

Nearly five years after the D&RGW/SP merger it was still possible to see trains led by solid lash-ups of Rio Grande power. With the Denver skyline receding in the distance, a westbound work extra ... (more)

A late Amtrak #5 makes its way through Coal Creek Canyon just west of Denver. The train is passing over Highway 72 as they being the climb towards Tunnel #1. December 08, 2013.

An eastbound coal loads leaves the shadows of a cut behind as it blasts into the bright morning light! A single DPU brings up the tail end of the train, its descent down the Colorado Rockies nearl... (more)

The sun and the clouds work together to paint an amazing picture in the eastern sky as an eastbound coal load heads straight into the sunrise. Heat waves from the dynamic brakes radiate off the tr... (more)

A late Amtrak #5 heads west into Coal Creek Canyon towards the Moffat Tunnel.

An eastbound BNSF loaded coal train eases down the grade just east of Rocky at Barbers Gulch just west of Denver. The train is running a 2x3x1 power arrangement.

Amtrak #5 led by a UP AC4400CW rounds the curve between Eisile Siding and Plainview Siding near Coal Creek Canyon. Table Mountain in Golden can be seen in the background.