Snow in June on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision

Wow! Beautiful pics - thanks for sharing!

-Greg

What a June TREAT !!!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍

First time I have seen matching motive power to the cars. GP40-2's or ex D&RGW GP60's ? Nice shots.

Is “flock” synonymous with “dusting”?????🤔🤔🤔

NICE shots Eric!

Erik great shots as usual.  I don't think I would be as excited by snow in May, let alone June but it does make for beautiful pictures.

Wonderful photos as always Erik!

"MNGJY with Rollins Pass in the near distance" - like this one the best. Great balance, leading lines, rule of thirds, lots of interesting contrast. Thanks for posting.

Great shots lucky to get them with the light snow fall really adds to the images. Thanks for sharing.

The Rocky looks good in that scenery and with the snow. Interesting to see it now running in a much different scenery from the normal runs in Canada where I have photographed it a lot. But the Rocky Wave paint scheme I have always found a bit different. Interesting they normally have the engines and cars set up so the wave is always aimed in the same direction as it was designed to match up from one car/engine to the next. Seldom have seen it in Canada with the cars/engines set up in different directions. Many years back I built O models of this the train in this then new paint scheme.

You keep coming up with truly fine photos in the Intermountain region.

You obviously know the territory, and have the patience to go to just the right location and wait, sometimes for one train.

Thanks kindly fellas, glad they lifted the mood a little. 😊 Also for the opportunity to share here.

Gorgeous shots! Those Amtrak and UP Flag units would make a really nice post card

Very Nice shots, thanks for sharing.

When we lived in the Grand Lake area those "June Snowfalls" were received with mixed emotions. It was pretty but tow trucks were really busy pulling the flatlanders out of the ditches. 

That’s pretty funny Doug! 😁 I70 these days after everyone moved here under 30 and wanderlust is an absolute disaster in winter conditions and this last winter that was daily. Between tourists in rentals with slicks and drivers with zero winter driving experience from California and midwesterners with zero mountain winter driving experience all bets are off. Ugly 🤨

Corvette fun

But he has 4 wheel drive you wouldn’t understand

I guess those freeway Southern California tires won’t work here

don’t slip

All that Ohio drag-strip power and nowhere to go.

It used to be law to chain up or have adequate tires and CDOT/CSP would ticket you, since COVID they don’t even bother. Instead they have the pushers out shoving people up the passes. Good grief. 😖

This one was from late May.

@Number 90 posted:

You keep coming up with truly fine photos in the Intermountain region.

You obviously know the territory, and have the patience to go to just the right location and wait, sometimes for one train.

Thanks #90 👍👍

The DPUs from the HPVODEN-1 on June 1st.

YES, my favorite weather, not a tourist in sight.

@Erik C Lindgren posted:

Rocky Mountaineer is running here for the first time with matching power with RMRX 8020 on the point leading through a snowy Wednesday morning. Remarks: Rocky Mountaineer Now thats a beautiful train. Fresh snow, 8.9” worth overnight on May 25th at Nederland, official and this late in the year that flock doesnt last long! Still I had some nice snow to compliment this splendid blue, gold, and white wonder. This is the first westbound with proper leaders of the amazing Rocky Mountaineer to Moab, Utah and running about an hour behind due to Amtrak’s untimely departure from Denver and getting my son to school and having my 4 year old along I managed. Fun morning trackside with the Rocky Mountaineer near the Great Divide.

Thanks for looking ! Have a great weekend

Did the Rocky Mountaineer get lost?  What is it doing so far south of Canada?  Maybe it migrates south for the winter just like the Canadian geese?  Great photos.  NH Joe

Any and all precipitation in the Rockies is a very good thing especially west of tunnel where it ends up in the Colorado River.

And yeah, excellent photos as usual Erik.

@New Haven Joe posted:

Did the Rocky Mountaineer get lost?  What is it doing so far south of Canada?  Maybe it migrates south for the winter just like the Canadian geese?  Great photos.  NH Joe

It is a new service starting this year. It is a 400 mile excursion train from what I know. I haven't looked in to it, but was talking to a friend. They just started running.

@New Haven Joe posted:

Did the Rocky Mountaineer get lost?  What is it doing so far south of Canada?  Maybe it migrates south for the winter just like the Canadian geese?  Great photos.  NH Joe

https://www.rockymountaineer.c...es/rockies-red-rocks

@Erik C Lindgren posted:

https://www.rockymountaineer.c...es/rockies-red-rocks

Eric,

Thank you for the link.  My wife and I rode the Rocky Mountaineer in Canada.  We had a wonderful time.    

I wasn't aware of this new USA service.  We are certainly going to look into a possible trip.

NH Joe

Yeah sure thing Joe thanks for the nice comments

Erik 👍👍