After the passage of Amtrak No. 5 and a set a BNSF helpers, a Union Pacific Hi-rail truck treads gingerly eastbound through the snow-covered scene at Crescent, Colorado, on March 19, 1998.

Four Southern Pacific GE AC4400CWs haul an empty coal train west through the snow-covered trees at Crescent, Colorado, on a beautiful March 19, 1998.

The Rio Grande Ski Train approaches the east switch at Crescent, Colorado, on March 27, 2009. We didn’t know it at the time, but this was the very last weekend of Denver’s Ski Train. Running throu... (more)

Curving through South Draw
Union Pacific’s Denver to Salt Lake City freight (MDVRO) rumbles through the Tunnel District east of Crescent, Colorado, on the afternoon of October 22, 1999.... (more)

Working out of Crescent, Colorado, Union Pacific’s MNYRO (North Yard-Denver to Roper Yard-Salt Lake City manifest) passes by snow-covered trees on the morning of March 10, 2013. In the background ... (more)

Union Pacific’s MRONY (Roper Yard-Salt Lake City to North Yard-Denver manifest) rolls through the long curve arcing into Crescent, Colorado, on March 10, 2013. The Continental Divide behind the tr... (more)

Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, rumbles through Crescent, Colorado on the morning of March 10, 2013. Amtrak heritage locomotive No. 145 painted in “phase III” paint scheme leads the train thr... (more)

Chicago and North Western GE AC4400CW No. 8803 leads a Union Pacific coal train westbound at Crescent, Colorado, on the afternoon of October 3, 1999.

A Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW leads a coal load through Crescent, Colorado, on May 7, 2001. A snow-covered Continental Divide of the Rocky Mountains looms above the eastbound train.

Merry Christmas, everyone! A westbound Union Pacific coal train led by EMD SD90MAC-H No. 8202 and two more SD9043MACs approaches Crescent, Colorado, on a very snowy April 23, 1999. Union Pacific 8... (more)

An Eastbound Coal Load rounds the curve at Crescent using all of its dynamics and train brakes to hold the train back down the grade with two GEs including a GEVO on the point and the Continental ... (more)

The DPU on this coal load rolls down the grade trying to hold back this heavy train down the mountain with dynamics and train brakes at Crescent. The smoke from the train is from the brake shoes o... (more)

Amtrak #5, the California Zephyr sweeps around an S-Curve between Crescent and Plainview near Tunnel 18.

A Union Pacific passenger special exits Tunnel 18 east of Crescent, Colorado, on June 10, 2002. A lone, new EMD SD70, No. 4926, leads the shiny yellow train westbound through the “Tunnel District.... (more)