Amtrak #5 led by a UP AC4400CW rounds the curve between Eisile Siding and Plainview Siding near Coal Creek Canyon. Table Mountain in Golden can be seen in the background.

Due to their second P42DC experiencing mechanical problems, a UP AC4400CW was tacked on the point of Amtrak Train #5 for the trip west. The train can be seen here climbing the 2% grade as they're ... (more)

It's just after sunrise as a westbound empty coal train makes its way west towards the Moffat Tunnel through Rocky just west of Denver on November 15, 2013.

Slowing for the approach and stop signal at Eisele Siding, the DPU brings up the rear of this loaded coal train as the train negotiates the s-curve in Coal Creek Canyon.

In this cold scene, a loaded coal train led by three UP GE's including a patched Chicago and Northwestern unit leading, negotiates the Big Ten Curve just west of Denver.

With temperatures in the 20's, the snow from a few days ago hasn't melted just yet as the Roper Yard to North Yard Manifest (MRONY-23) led by the Katy heritage unit eases down the grade along Big ... (more)

A patched CNW AC4400CW leads two more UP GE's on this loaded coal train that is approaching the Blue Mountain Road crossing in Coal Creek Canyon.

The morning sun starts to illuminate Coal Creek Canyon as a westbound empty coal climbs the grade towards Tunnel #1 near Blue Mountain Road.

It's just after sunrise as a westbound Public Service of Colorado empty coal train slowly makes its way through Barber's Gulch west towards the Moffat Tunnel just west of Denver.

Traction Testing on the Moffat. EMDX1206 leads west towards the Flatirons rising majestically above the Plains....

Traction Testing on the Moffat. EMDX1206 crawls west up one of the toughest mountain grades on the Continent. Traction tests on these SD70ACE locomotives was well underway...

The clouds were set up just perfect in the eastern sky to produce a fiery sunrise along the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies. Orange and red reflect from the rails at the west switch of Leyden ... (more)

On September 13th (Friday the Thirteenth), severe flooding washed out a fill on UPs Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. 24 days later, crews are still working to get the line completely reopened. Here, a s... (more)

Union Pacific’s westbound MDVRO (Denver to Roper Yard in Salt Lake City) manifest freight passes a colorful cottonwood tree just east of Leyden siding in Arvada, Colorado, on October 22, 2001.

The Roper Yard, UT to North Yard, CO Manifest rounds Big Ten Curve just west of Denver.