A loaded coal train zig-zags its way through the BNSF Pueblo yard with Pikes Peak looming in the background.

Property Line
They don’t call it the Joint Line for nothing, as evident here in Bragdon a section of track clearly marks where each railroad’s ownership ends and begins.

A Gunderson built bulkhead flatcar sits on the West Point siding in the early morning hour looking like it's awaiting unloading of its heavy structural steel beams. I... (more)

Where there’s smoke…there’s a GE As the Talladega local A735 begins to depart the Magic City, its lead locomotive decides to do its best impression of a steam engine as it begins to ... (more)

Second Hand As M700 heads out of Montgomery, the conductor’s seat clearly lets you see that this unit has not always worn the CSX Dark Future paint and was originally used by another sou... (more)

The yellow nose stripes of a Citicorp GEVO match nicely with the wild shrubbery found along HWY 85 as an empty coal train heads north towards Wyoming. The Front Range looks great this morning as ... (more)

With their work on this day completed, Y123 heads back to Boyles with an ex-L&N butt-head, three tank cars and an empty centerbeam.

Colorado’s newest and oldest unit trains meet each at the Pueblo Junction as they head to their respective customers. The newest, in the form of crude oil trains, is stopped on the former BN mai... (more)

Restricting
A Lunar aspect on this Safetran absolute signal is illuminated by the lead engine of Q601 as it is given permission to take the siding at the North End of Opelika for a me... (more)

Fading away
With its yellow staring to fall apart like the pile of scrap rail which it passes in front of, a standard cab pulls today’s 336 out of Opelika and past the remnants of a... (more)

MAC attack
A UP tri-clops leads an interesting power move on this day’s Q601 with 5 CSX SD70MACs heading out west as the entire consist passes the Loachapoka Siding which is a few w... (more)

The nearly uniform rear section of a 60 car unit tank train carrying Texas Tea rolls smoothly atop continuous welded strands of 136 p... (more)

After a short stop to allow passengers to get their shot of the world's highest suspension bridge, the Royal Gorge train heads back to Canon City for another round of visitors.

Having spent the entire weekend in this spot at the North End of West Point siding, the Spirit of Magnolia continues to sit patiently this afternoon. It's not alone though, since there are numero... (more)