Riders on the Storm In the moments before a violent thunderstorm unleashes its precipitation the clouds take on this dark ominous appearance. Hail stones and large rain dro... (more)
As a large thunderstorm rolls east along the plains of Colorado in the background, BNSF 3933 leads the Denver, CO to Provo, UT manifest up and around Big Ten Curve after overtaking a westbound UP ... (more)
Amtrak #5, on time with the California Zephyr is passing through the Flatirons in Boulder County near tunnel 3 and 4 amidst a characteristically December Christmas week deep in the Tunnel District... (more)
Union Pacific The Big Boy is just departing Denver for Cheyenne in the midst of a classic November, Colorado Wyoming blizzard. By the time the Big Boy reaches Wyoming nearly a foot of snow had com... (more)
The A&M Monett Turn backing down into an elevator loop while some storms linger in the background.
In a torrent of heavy freezing and cold rain at Cumbres Pass #487 struggles up to the pass on the wet rail. The first signs of a long Winter on the pass are evident with the coming of the late Fal... (more)
High above the Colorado Front Range, the sound of dynamic breaks can be heard as an empty BNSF sand train descends out of Tunnel 1 and through the horseshoe curve at Coal Creek Canyon, CO on June ... (more)
As early summer thunderstorms rumble over the Book Cliffs, a trio of Rio Grande SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors, Nos. 5349, 5390 and 5371, head westbound out of Mounds, Utah, with Union Pacific’s LJP45 â€... (more)
Punching out of the Core After punching the core in Longmont, CO of a severe warned thunderstorm, a southbound sand train with BNSF 7907 leading is along the Diagonal Highway e... (more)
On the cold winter eve of January 25, 2020, an eastbound BNSF manifest freight crosses a frozen Trout Creek over Bridge 55 as night approaches over the Clark Fork Valley at Trout Creek, Montana.
Sunset on the Last Run The last Cheyenne Frontiers Day Denver Post charter hustles past the Platteville, CO elevator into the beautiful storm light.
A mixed freight moves Northbound with sunset colors glowing in the sky and spring shower clouds still visible in the distance.
Spring snow is in full grip of the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision on this early morning blue hour in April, 2020. This eastbound BNSF manifest is rolling through the horseshoe at Coal Creek, CO. Shot o... (more)
With threatening skies overhead, BNSF 6689 leads the Denver, CO to Laurel, MT manifest through Niwot, CO on May 27th, 2020.
The Abominable Zephyr, lead by Amtrak #33 (P42DC) rounds the corner of Crescent under one of the heaviest blizzard to hit these mountains in years.