The Spirit in the Valley of Aspens

Aspens in full peak Fall color surrounds the Streamliner colors in harmony with Silver, Red, White, and Blue the Veterans Spirit locomotive ... (more)

Spring Sunshine and Snow

Eastbound through the Tolland valley over South Boulder Creek.

Fall in the Valley

California Zephyr is just East of Tolland, Colorado on a delightful September morn along South Boulder Creek. Shot on Mavic Pro 2.

A BNSF freight heads passes through Tolland and some of the prettiest scenery on the Moffat Line after exiting the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel.

Blowing Snow & Sunshine

8 locomotives in a row with heavy coal are in full reflected light off the freshly fallen and blowing snow. Subzero windchill grips my feet in these 40 ... (more)

Fall in the Mountains

Winter has left an overnight treat on this late Fall day on the Moffat Road near the Great Divide. A classic shot taken as low as possible to avoid obsc... (more)

Amtrak #192 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr through the scenic mountain valley of Tolland, Colorado as it makes its way to the Moffat Tunnel.

On a cool summer morning, UP SD70M #4222 leads a westbound engineering special along South Boulder Creek near Tolland, CO on July 28th, 2020.

Fall in the Valley

Amtrak 5 skims the Tolland valley past Karel Park Lake below the Giants Ladder of the old Rollins Pass line among peak Fall color. About to cross East Po... (more)

The Spirit of Union Pacific Veterans locomotive leads a special through the dramatic valleys before the Great Divide on the Moffat Road alongside South Boulder Creek. An otherwise drab cloudy day ... (more)

Through the golden aspens, lifting the fallen leaves from the roadbed within the mountain meadows of Tolland, Amtrak California Zephyr is on time. Number 5 is about to crest the continent at the G... (more)

BNSF 8763 (SD70ACe) has just crossed under the Continental Divide via the Moffat Tunnel and leads an oil can train down the hill past Tolland, Colorado.

The remnants of the previous days winter storm, the “Bomb Cyclone” that ravaged the Midwest and the mountain states in March of 2019 leaves a beautiful evening glint on Amtrak’s California Z... (more)

In an answered prayer, Union Pacific #5617 leads the MGJNY through East Portal on a clash of the seasons kind of morning. Working the Moffat 4 out of a 7 day week from September through October wi... (more)

Emerging from a very characteristically high country winter days ground blizzard; BNSF #8052 is leading the Lincoln to Provo manifest through Tolland, CO.