The BNSF Provo-Lincoln waits in the siding while a UP manifest heads heads west.

Union Pacific’s MRONY (Roper Yard in Salt Lake City to North Yard, Denver Manifest) freight departs Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado, on November 6, 2012.

Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, traverses scenic Byers Canyon west of Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado, on March 22, 1997. A recent rock slide came down on the tracks at this location, taking ou... (more)

Its a tight squeeze between the steep walls of Byers Canyon with the bottom shared by Rt. 40, the Colorado River (or more like Colorado Creek these days) and the UP Moffat sub mainline which is be... (more)

The signs of fall are quickly appearing at the higher elevations of Colorado's Moffat Route. The eastbound California Zephyr was on time as it sped out of Hot Sulfur Springs past a small stand of ... (more)

A not-so-pretty black cab brings up the rear of a D&RGW freight exiting Byers Canyon as it heads west through the Colorado morning.

The unit behind 105 empty hoppers holds on as it slowly snakes through the canyon.

An Eastbound UP Manifest heads through Byers Canyon.

Amtrak 5 snakes its way through the nearly continuous curves of Byers Canyon.

A westbound freight zig-zags along the shelf above the Colorado River a couple miles west of HSS.

An empty westbound hopper train twists its way through Byers Canyon with a pair of CSX units that are a long way from home trailing.

After waiting at Tabernash for Amtrak 6 to get by an empty hopper train heads west into the last light of the day passing a string of MOW equipment in the siding at Sulfur in Hot Sulphur Springs

Amtrak 6 snakes east through the nearly continuous curves of Byers Canyon.

UP runs an annual Engineering Special that frequently seems to make its way over the Moffat! Such was the case here as the eastbound special, led by UP 6936, wraps its way through Byers Canyon. Th... (more)