A little late afternoon sun provides a nice cast on this eastbound baretable speeding out of Hawley.

Now this is Heritage paint! Untouched Rio Grande Geep in the yard in front of the Front Range!! Catch of the trip (for me)...

BNSF 9391 may never lead a BNSF train again, but it still earns its keep running as distributed power. Here the first-generation ACe brings up the rear of northbound coal empties as it slinks int... (more)

You gotta love the Kyle Railroad for the sheer variety of classic 6-axle power they employ. Here, a former SP SD40T-2 fronts an ex-ATSF SD45-2 and an ex-SP SD45T-2 as they shove a cut of cars int... (more)

This eastbound TOFC train is on PETA's hit list: note the dead turkey under the Conductor's window and the one lodged in the plow! BNSF 4758 ran through a flock of the Thanksgiving birds as it cl... (more)

I don't know what this thing is or what it's doing, but it was doing work on Sunday, the only day the Trinity Railway Express doesn't run.

How awesome is this? Two unique paint schemes in the same lashup: BNSF 9277, the only EMD widecab in Heritage I paint and BNSF 9297, the famous dual-scheme unit. So, why the heck is BNSF 8215 le... (more)

A short southbound manifest climbs the Loop on a very slow Tuesday thanks to MoW work. Even though it was a slow day for action, I'm grateful I got a chance at the 'classic' shot of the Loop.

The Lonely Little Local. A tiny Pikes Peak Local makes its way north into Castle Rock on its way to Big Lift to pick up 30 more cars. More info at Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: Castle Rock, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 6920
Train ID: Pikes Peak Local
Photo Date: June 22, 2010

ARR 4321, affectionately dubbed the Countdown Unit, leads another Denali Star southbound on a picture-perfect summer evening. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that I actually live... (more)

After a broken rail halted traffic on the single track between the Air Force Academy and Monument, the floodgates opened with five northbounds passing by the Academy switch in about 45 minutes. H... (more)

How much longer can you get shots like this: unpatched Denver & Rio Grande Western paint in front of the Rocky Mountains? The days are numbered...

The Glacier Discovery is seen here crossing Twentymile River near Portage with ARR 3007 leading the way.

The Denali Star makes an on-time departure as it departs the depot in Anchorage on its 12-hour journey north to Fairbanks.

A classic Triclops and a sister Oakway lead the Superior, WI - Minot, ND manifest west over the Red River of the North and into North Dakota. This duo's been working between Minot and Superior fo... (more)