It's just after sunrise as an assortment of UP and SP GE's lead the Houston, Texas to West Elk Mine, Colorado empty coal train through Rocky and Big Ten Curve just west of Denver, Colorado on Augu... (more)

On a warm February 14, 2015, an eastbound BNSF manifest freight descends through Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, Colorado.

Union Pacific EMD SD9043MAC No. 8059 leads a wreck train westbound at Rocky, Colorado, on March 5, 2000. From what I remember, the train was dispatched to a derailment at remote Azure on the west ... (more)

On the rear of the Denver-based wreck train at Rocky, Colorado, on March 5, 2000, is a former Rio Grande heavyweight passenger car, and just ahead of it is a former troop sleeper. Both are support... (more)

Amtrak’s 'Winter Park Express' ski train passes through Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, Colorado, on the way to the Winter Park ski resort. Since the train will return to Denver's Union Station in ... (more)

AMTK 93 leads a 7 car string through Big 10 Curve, heading to the Moffat Tunnel and California. Not sure where the passenger's luggage was stored as this train does not have a luggage car.

Not exactly a “ski train” but officials of the Burlington Northern wanted to visit Colorado’s Winter Park Ski Resort at the west end of Moffat Tunnel on the former D&RGW, and this is their t... (more)

Amtrak No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, climbs the two-percent grade toward Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, Colorado, on April 22, 2006. In a few moments, the train will circle Big 10 Curve and... (more)

My wife Katie holds our 6-month old Beagle Riley, as they watch Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr climb the two-percent grade toward Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, Colorado, on April 22, 2006. W... (more)

AMTK 93 passes through Rocky, Colorado and will soon enter the Big 10 Curve.

Amtrak No. 6, the eastbound California Zephyr, approaches the west switch of Rocky, Colorado, on the afternoon of March 15, 2015.

Old Rio Grande triple hoppers still line the inside of Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, Colorado, as seen on June 9, 2014. Twenty-four of these hoppers are filled with dirt and rocks and are welded to ... (more)

A visiting NS engine gets to tour the Moffat Tunnel line as this Eastbound train takes the siding at Rocky. The mainline is seen on the hillside in the background at the siding of Eisele.

Amtrak’s “Winter Park Express” ski train is passing milepost 19 at West Rocky, Colorado, on the afternoon of March 15, 2015. The eastbound train is led with specially-painted “America’s ... (more)

Union Pacific’s West Local, powered by three Rio Grande GP40-2s, waits on the grade of Rocky Spur for a westbound UP coal empty to pass on the main line at Rocky, Colorado, on February 9, 2002. ... (more)