BNSF 5087 negotiates the horseshoe curve in Coal Creak Canyon as it eases down the 2% grade and continues it's descent into Denver. The rear DPU has just exited Tunnel 1 completing it's run throug... (more)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s Denver to Stockton manifest freight works upgrade at Coal Creek Canyon west of Clay, Colorado, on April 21, 2002. The head-end power is already through Tunnel 1 in t... (more)

With the sound of dynamic brakes whining, and the smell of brake shoes burning, a heavy Union Pacific coal load negotiates down the two percent grade of the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains at... (more)

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe manifest freight descends out of Tunnel 1 on the horseshoe curve spanning the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon on October 24, 1999. BNSF GE C44-9W No. 979 leads three BN E... (more)

Amtrak special 156 leads the Zephyr through Coal Creek Canyon.

Storm clouds chase AMTK 156 (P42DC) which is leading the California Zephyr up to Tunnel #1 on the Moffat Line.

Having been on the foreground track about 60 seconds ago, the elevation gain is clear as Amtrak’s version the Ski Train with its unique pink LYFT sponsored wraps climbs towards Tunnel #1.

BNSF 7434 (ES44DC) leads a freight through the tight 180 degree turn in Coal Creek Canyon.

With three GE's pulling on the front and two more pushing on the bottom, a heavy BNSF frac sand train ascends the 2% grade out of Coal Creek Canyon preparing the enter the illustrious tunnel distr... (more)

UP 8354 (SD70ACe) leads an empty coal train into Coal Creek Canyon.

A short eastbound Union Pacific freight passes the hot box detector at mile 22.6 west of Eisele, Colorado, on November 17, 2014. The train is passing over the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon and is abo... (more)

A late spring snowstorm has blanketed the landscape for the California Zephyr as it winds its way through Coal Creek Canyon.

The evening's California Zephyr crosses Blue Mountain Drive in Coal Creek Canyon as it works its way through the foothills west of Denver. A late spring snow storm has blanketed the area with a f... (more)

UP 8647 (SD70ACe) crosses over Coal Creek Canyon Road as it makes the tight 180 degree turn in Coal Creek Canyon.

This train has a Heritage I, Heritage II, Heritage III and a Warbonnet pulling a long freight through Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado.