Amtrak 5 heads west through Tunnel 38 as it traverses Gore Canyon.
With mountains stretching to the horizon, the region west of the Continental Divide would seem to be an impossible place for a railroad to traverse -- yet the Rio Grande found the Colorado River a... (more)
Riders on Amtrak's California Zephyr get treated to some of the most amazing scenery in the West on a daily basis. Late on Halloween morning, No. 5 demonstrates proof of that statement as ... (more)
Six engines, DPU'd in a 2x3x1 arrangement, work up the 0.8% grade along the Colorado River with coal loads off the North Fork Branch. In the foreground, the trailing unit is shoving the last hand... (more)
The MRONY pulls into the little used siding of Azure on UP's Moffat Subdivision. At the right edge of the photo you can see the train they are to meet the CCSWE a coal empty bound for the North Fo... (more)
A empty bound for the loadout at West Elk on the North Fork Branch rolls through the west switch of Azure.
UP manifest MRONY rolls into the little used siding at Azure for a meet with a coal empty. This view is from Trough Road.
Everything looks smaller in Colorado.
An eastbound coal load streaks through the early morning towards Kremmling during this 20 minute time exposure.
Amtrak Train 6 with AMTK 118 works its way east to Kremmling skirting the edge of the hillside.
After just passing a slow ordered track restriction, the locomotives throttle back up to track speed. Unit two was already smoking badly besides having the throttle notched up.
The mountain rises in layers above a late Amtrak train headed towards Denver. Even the smoke can not escape the towering mountains.
Passing through another tunnel, UP 7083 makes its way east through Gore Canyon.
Amtrak makes its way through Gore Canyon with a very smokey #2 locomotive.