Tunnels 3 and 4 on the Moffat Route are bored thru the Flatirons that are unique to this area. The DPU's on this coal train are exiting tunnel 3 eastbound while the hoppers extend thru tunnel 3 ba... (more)
Wrapped around The Big Ten Curve at the end of the day, this eastbound coal train is in the final minutes of its descent from The Rocky Mountains onto The Great Plains. In the trees are the welded... (more)
A crew member emerges from UP 6386, stopped on the Rocky siding, to watch UP power as it heads westward into the Little Ten Curve.
The Great Plains are covered with spring wildflowers as this coal train passes above at the base of the Rocky Mountain foothills in Plainview.
Spanning the base of Coal Creek Canyon, a westbound train with empty hoppers crosses over Colorado Route 72.
The Great Plains and Downtown Denver fade in the background as this BNSF freight begins its ascent of the Rocky Mountains at the base of Coal Creek Canyon.
This eastbound came through the Continental Divide in the background via the Moffat Tunnel on this Colorado morning.
The Big Ten Curve in late afternoon with a train occupying the entire 270 degrees. The head of the train is exiting westbound while the rear has just exited the Little Ten and is starting into Big... (more)
A view for miles through valleys and canyons along the Colorado River. A BNSF track rights freight manifest is southbound approaching State Bridge after passing a northbound UP coal train which is... (more)
In a valley along the Colorado River, the pusher on this coal train is putting down power as it accelerates from a stop on the Range siding. Just visible fifty hoppers north are the mid train help... (more)
Three ways around the mountain. Colorado Route 131, Union Pacific's Moffat Road and the Colorado River.
Morning on the Colorado Front Range looking north toward the Flatirons of Boulder.
The Rio Grande Heritage unit (UP 1989) is aglow as it heads westbound at the base of Coal Creek Canyon on the Moffat Tunnel route.
A Herzog Contracting Corp MPM(Multi Purpose Machine) is working on the embankment of Union Pacific's Moffat line at the base of Coal Creek Canyon.
BNSF power coming through the south side of Little Ten while an empty UP coal train waits on the north side at Rocky siding. A mile away in the west background the Ski Train just got clearance and... (more)
