A westbound manifest climbs the 2% grade in Coal Creek Canyon. The heavy manifest is approaching Tunnel One..... The DPU has just cleared Blue Mountain Road....

Rebuilt at Burnham in 1969 as a Tool Car, this old 40 foot DRGW Boxcar began life in the 1940's.... This car still has a place on the Union Pacific in 2017, complete with roofwalk and high brake.... (more)

A westbound manifest climbs the 2% grade in Coal Creek Canyon. The train is about to cross Blue Mountain Road on the approach to Tunnel One. The large aggregate plant on the far upper right is on ... (more)

After a two hour wait for a new crew, UP 8627 and the GSKIAK-10 departs Eisele Siding and descends Big Ten Curve towards Denver.

UP 8783 heading towards Rocky with a full load of coal.

In the last bit of golden sunshine, Union Pacific SD70ACe-T4 Nos. 3027, 3019, and 3014 lead three more mundane UP units on the westbound North Yard (Denver)-Roper Yard (Salt Lake City) manifest th... (more)

A thunderstorm moves north across the Denver Metro Area as westbound coal empties for West Elk Mine led by Union Pacific ES44AC No. 7815 climbs the 2-percent grade around Big Ten Curve near Arvada... (more)

This Union Pacific manifest will soon be threading thru tunnels along the distant Flatirons (upper right). Note the old corral in the foreground pasture, I wonder if it was there to witness 2-8-8... (more)

The 1.8-2% climb up Coal Creek Canyon is illustrated by this heavy westbound manifest. The head-end is stacked above the rear DPU as the train negotiates the grade and curves of the Colorado Rock... (more)

Most coal trains that traverse the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision are too long to get the whole train in one shot while going around Big 10 curve, unless you do a lot of hiking for a different angle. H... (more)

BNSF 8533 leads 8531 and 8530 on their first revenue run, a coal load dropping down UP's Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. The train is seen here dropping down from Tunnel 1, and will soon be going 180 d... (more)

The first run of the Denver to Winter Park Ski train heads West at Rocky Siding.

Rio Grande 5332 leads an assortment of SP/Cotton Belt power in a variety of paint/lettering schemes.

With the mountains behind them, two Southern Pacific GE AC4400CWs lead an eastbound Union Pacific coal train through Arvada, Colorado, on the autumn day of October 19, 2001.

A westbound BNSF manifest filled out with large cuts of heavy coil steel moves up the steep 2% grade in Coal Creek Canyon. The train is about to punch into Tunnel One and turn north for its cliff... (more)