With the Colorado aspen still at peak colors in this late September view, an eastbound UP coal train charges through Hot Sulphur Springs on UP's ex-Rio Grande mainline.
In the warm early afternoon sunlight, BNSF's Provo, UT to Denver, CO manifest snakes around the horseshoe curve in Coal Creek Canyon, CO with quite the colorful consist leading the train.
Inclimate weather flows east into the plains as a westbound Union Pacific manifest freight climbs out of Clay, Colorado, on April 18, 2003. Leading the eight locomotive consist over Blue Mountain ... (more)
Westbound empties approach a tunnel in the Radium, CO area. A few miles ahead at Bond, the train will make a right hand turn onto the Craig Branch for loading in the Steamboat Springs area.