Photo ID: 111618 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 172 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A Phase 7 P42DC led the Winter Park Express this morning, and another Phase 7 leads the westbound Zephyr now, on the main at Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111376 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 189 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Montana Rail Link A nice surprise on the tail end of BNSF's Provo-Denver was an MRL SD70ACe. As you are probably aware, and perhaps have even read here on the site, MRL units have becoming easier to catch outside Montana since BNSF's took over Montana Rail Link at the start of 2024. With the MRL power now officially owned by BNSF, the power has been scattered across the BNSF system. Eventually, it will be repainted in BNSF colors. In the meantime, it is a great splash of color have MRL blue in the Colorado High Country! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111375 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 184 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It is a beautiful late-fall Sunday in the Colorado high country with quite a bit of snow on the ground. BNSF's eastbound Provo-Denver manifest has four units on the point as it approaches the grade crossing at Tolland. You can see Tolland Road continuing west by the old yellow and green school house, making its way up to the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111119 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 175 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Most of the trees in the valley in which Tolland is located are in full fall colors on this third day of autumn. A westbound UP oil empty crosses the grade crossing at Tolland Road as it continues west toward the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111103 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 22, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 133 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As the sun approaches the western horizon (well...mountains), the crew of a UP oil empty approaches a clear (green) signal at the west end of Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111080 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 22, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 235 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Near the west end of Tolland, deciduous trees line both sides of the rails (the main and the siding). As the westbound Zephyr has just overtaken a UP oil can (out of view behind the curve) and is approach a clear (green) signal at the west end as it passes by trees that are at their peak fall colors. If you wonder why Rio Grande used "Aspen Gold" as its main color, this shot says it all! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111079 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 22, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 235 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific In this 400mm shot of a westbound oil empty, stopped in the siding at Tolland, you can easily identify which track is the main and which is the siding. The main has continuous welded rail, while the siding still has joints every 66 feet (roughly). The train is stopped to allow both the morning Zephyr and the Rocky Mountaineer to pass. The Zephyr is only about 15 minutes away. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111078 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 22, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 169 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A hint of frost holds on to the tips of the evergreen trees in the midst of a sea of yellow. Just as fall is officially starting, temperatures in the high country got below freezing last night, leaving some snow on the ground. However, the ground and even air this morning is warm enough that most traces of the snow are gone as a westbound oil empty comes to a stop in the siding of Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109554 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 400 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Fall colors are in full force here at Tolland, just shy of 9,000 feet above sea level, as the westbound Zephyr rolls through the scene precisely on time. Between the upcoming decreasing temperatures and strong winds common to the area, the leaves will not be on the trees for much longer. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109550 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 246 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF recently picked up a contract to deliver Power River Basin coal to Valmy, NV. The loaded coal trains run west over the Moffat. They run with three units on the head end and three units on the tail end. Here, the three DPUs have found morning sun as they disappear toward the west end of Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109549 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 309 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Fall colors are in full force nearly 9,000 feet above sea level as three elephant-style BNSF units lead a coal train toward the Moffat Tunnel a few minutes after 7am. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109548 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 286 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The sun has not yet peeked over the mountain here at Tolland, but it is definitely up and it is definitely lighting up the clouds to the east. Meanwhile, a BNSF coal load runs on the main amidst fantastic fall colors. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109547 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 321 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF On a glorious October morning, a westbound BNSF coal load slowly pulls through a damp scene with fall colors still in force at Tolland. The mix of clouds and sun was just perfect! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109472 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 310 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This September afternoon has a lot of clouds floating in and out of the path of the sun. Such is the case with the eastbound Zephyr at Tolland, as the tail end just left a pocket of sunlight and it is now fully engulfed in shadow as it approaches the grade crossing on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109470 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 292 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound UP empty oil train sits short of the grade crossing on the siding at Tolland. It is waiting on the eastbound California Zephyr, which is currently in the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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