UP 8850 (SD70ACe) leads a freight down the Moffat Tunnel Sub as it rounds Blue Mountain at Eisele, Colorado.

The California Zephyr meets a BNSF freight at the Rocky Siding before heading into Little Ten and Big Ten curves.

God Rays
Crepuscular rays fill the skies over a sunset on the front range and Denver after a line of receding thunderstorms pull away to the east. The westbound MNYGJ is in lit... (more)

Amtrak engine 142 (P42DC) rounds the Big Ten Curve as it climbs the 2% grade towards Eisele, Colorado.

The California Zephyr exits tunnel 2 and heads towards tunnel 3 on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

The California Zephyr runs west on the high ridge at Eisele while a BNSF coal train waits for a crew at Rocky, Colorado.

BNSF 6986 (ES44C4) leads a freight through Tolland, Colorado as it heads towards the Moffat Tunnel.

A Union Pacific coal empty works westbound through Big 10 Curve between Rocky and Clay, Colorado, on the stormy afternoon of June 2, 2007. Led by a pair of GE AC4400CW locomotives, lone GE AC4400C... (more)

The California Zephyr runs through Pinecliffe, Colorado with two Patrick Henry Promotion cars on the end.

UP 8435 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train through the cut at Rocky, Colorado and will run under Highway 93 as it heads towards Denver, Colorado.

The first official run of the "Rockies to the Red Rocks" Rocky Mountaineer heads west on UP's Moffat Tunnel Sub. The Rocky Mountaineer worked out an arrangement with Union Pacific to all... (more)

Screaming Eagle under the Great Divide
Eastbound MGJNY with 1982 on the point into a glorious early summer sunrise in the Colorado Rockies.

The California Zephyr meets a Union Pacific coal train at the Rocky Siding as it heads towards the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

Mountain Railroading
South Boulder Peak and the majestic Flatiron Range spires rise high above the Great Plains over Boulder County an ideal location to witness pure mountain r... (more)

Dwarfed by the magnificent Glenwood Canyon, the eastbound California Zephyr skirts the banks of the Colorado River on a blistering July afternoon.