AMTK P42DC No. 171 is on point of the California Zephyr as it passes through Leyden, Colorado heading up into the Rocky Mountains

UPRR 2668 Is leading a WB empty coal train as it heads up the Moffat sub with Denver in the background

AMTK 130 is on point of the ski train as it heads east back to Denver from Winter Park

EMD’s SD90MAC-H locomotives head through Leyden, Colorado, for some testing at Plainview on January 30, 1998. Leading is EMD No. 8504 that is painted in a special scheme for EMD’s 75th anniver... (more)

UP 3015 (SD70AH-T4) leads 7 other motors and a long coal train at Leyden, Colorado as it gets ready to climb the Moffat Tunnel Sub to the Continental Divide.

After leaving Denver's Union Station, the California Zephyr turns the corner at Leyden, Colorado with only minutes to spare as the sun goes down and the shadows completely claim the tracks. Tough... (more)

UP 6643 (AC4400CW) leads an oil can train through Leyden, Colorado.

KCS 4765 (ES44AC) runs through Leyden, Colorado and heads to Denver on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Climbing out of Leyden, Colorado, on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision is a westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight on the afternoon of October 29, 1999.

Kansas City Southern 4765 (ES44AC) leads a coal train through Leyden, Colorado as it heads to Denver.

Daylight Savings Time
One more chance for some morning going on the Westbound Winter Park Express just after first light.

Winter Sunrise on Denver
Westbound just after first light Amtrak 1105 the WPE is leaning into it at Leyden just after 0730.

Sunrise over Denver
Winter Park Express rides the golden magic carpet to the promise land of powder and downhill slopes.

Climbing the two-percent ramp out Leyden, Colorado, under stormy skies is Union Pacific’s westbound MDVRO manifest freight on the afternoon of October 29, 1999. Six locomotives power the train, ... (more)

Amtrak engine 27 (P42DC) leads the Winter Park Express Ski Train from Denver as a golden sunrise greets the crew and passengers.