IC 6263 pulls ore empties up Proctor Hill and back to CN's Proctor Yard for eventual re-loading on the Mesabi Iron Range.

Black diamonds grind up grade between snow squalls on the Colorado Joint Line.

A lone whiteface SD40-2 of BN lineage disturbs the peace of a local cemetery, as it heads back to the job's and subdivision's namesake town after switching the industries that support the Coors br... (more)

A loaded Herzog ballast train makes its way up grade through Castle Rock, CO.

Elephant ACes lead a coal load out of the south end of Littleton, Colorado as the summer foliage starts to show its color.

An AC GEVO pounds up grade through the small town of Larkspur on the Colorado Joint Line.

UP 1989 leads the Denver North Yard to Pueblo manifest south into Palmer Lake on former Rio Grande trackage, after a brief stop for a northbound BNSF manifest. This is the second UP Heritage Unit ... (more)

A rebuilt 70MAC leads loaded coal buckets Out of Castle Rock. A MACe leading on the Joint Line is a fairly rare sight, so this was a nice treat to chase.

IC&E 6415 leads a mixed freight through the stereotype Iowa small town of Plymouth on the Owatonna Sub.

BNSF 8430 slugs up grade with black diamonds through fresh snow on the Joint Line in Larkspur, CO.

A southbound coal load has a northern visitor far from home rails, but not so far from home weather, as they crest the Palmer Divide during a snow squall in aptly named Palmer Lake, Colorado. It w... (more)

A trio of motors shove on the rear of coal empties as they round the curve in Palmer Lake, CO.

An eastbound empty coal train awaits their meet with a westbound Q train just outside of the small town of Hudson, CO just after sunrise on BNSF's Brush Subdivision.

One of the last remaining BN painted motors in the Denver area spots loaded autoracks at Big Lift for unloading on the Colorado Joint Line, with the Front Range of the Rockies looming.

BNSF's Golden Switch, behind two SD40-2s, disturbs the peace of a local cemetery as they make their way back to the job's namesake town on its namesake subdivision.