Thick smoke from numerous wildfires fills the sky creating hazy atmospheric conditions. A loaded BNSF coal train waits in the sag at Spruce just north of Palmer Lake, Colorado on Main 1 as the Bel... (more)

Due to wildfires burning in the Western United States across several states and also in Canada throughout a few Provinces, thick smoke clouds from such fires have moved into Colorado and as far ea... (more)

The sun peeks out for a brief moment as BNSF ES44C4 No. 7092 leads the daily hot Alliance-Portland intermodal (Q ALTPTL6 11F) north through the countryside at Longs Peak, Colorado on August 12, 20... (more)

My one and only shot of the Deseret Power Railway near Dinosaur, Colorado. On July 26, 2017, the coal train for the Bonanza Power Plant was not loading at the loadout near Deserado Mine, which can... (more)

A thunderstorm slowly moves east over the mountains and eventually, continental divide as UP's Roper-Denver manifest led by ES44AC No. 8018 climbs the 2-percent grade at the Vasquez Road crossing ... (more)

The sound of locomotives working and exhaust fill the air as a westbound manifest begins its journey out of Green River, Wyoming as it heads up the grade on Peru Hill near James Town on July 23, 2... (more)

Scattered clouds roll in, but a pocket was just big enough for sunlight to illuminate the power on this eastbound stack train as it races along I-84 at Henefer, Utah along UP's Evanston Subdivisio... (more)

Three UP GE's are just enough to hold this loaded coal train from Black Buttes, Wyoming down the grade from Wahsatch through Castle Rock, Utah along UP's Evanston Subdivision on July 24, 2017. The... (more)

Although the day is almost over, traffic is busy. A pair of SD40N's work YGR22R at the west end of the yard as an eastbound manifest comes in on Track 3 while three more trains wait to depart the ... (more)

An eastbound grain train led by Union Pacific ES44AH No. 2565 exits the tunnel on Main 1 at Taggart, Utah in Weber Canyon along UP's Evanston Subdivision on July 24, 2017.

A pair of ex-Santa Fe B40-8W's Nos. 517 and 521 lead the Buck Local east through the small community of Hygiene, Colorado along the Lyons Branch on July 12, 2017. The coal car was emptied at the C... (more)

Looking down on the canyon walls, one can see four UP units lead an empty grain train from Kaiser, California to Soloman, Kansas along South Boulder Creek in Pinecliffe, Colorado on July 9, 2017.

On a gorgeous summer afternoon, Union Pacific SD70ACe No. 8541 leads the North Yard (Denver)-Phippsburg, Colorado manifest west up the 2-percent grade in the canyon east of Tolland, Colorado on Ju... (more)

A narrow pocket of sunlight illuminates an eastbound UP empty grain train that is seen rolling through the siding at Tolland, Colorado where they will meet the westbound Phippsburg manifest on Jul... (more)

An inbound Metra train arrives into La Salle Street Station in Chicago, Illinois as Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765 departs the station for Joliet with the "Joliet Rocket" on June 18, 20... (more)