The westbound Chicago to Denver Z-Train pretty much has a straight shot into Denver as there's nothing coming east out of Denver as they pass the grain elevator at Roggen.
Racing along at 60 MPH, the hot shot Denver, CO to Chicago, IL Z-Train leaves the small town of Roggen, CO after meeting a westbound manifest in the siding.
Built by General Electric in Eria, PA in July 1997, this GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW) is one of many Dash 9s built for the BNSF Railway after the BN/ATSF merger in 1996. At the time these units were de... (more)
A single ES44AC is in charge of this empty welded rail train that is seen going through the small town of Roggen, bound for the CF&I Steel Mill in Pueblo.