A view into the Union Pacific's North Yard in Denver yields an interesting find: UP 8369 (SD70ACe) with the lower part of the front blade painted yellow.

A nice variety of current and fallen flags of power.

The California Zephyr, headed up by AMTK 5, backs into Denver's Union Station after a brief pause for a safety check. The first major snowfall of the year blanketed the City in the morning, howeve... (more)

A center beam flat car rests precariously on the BNSF line that runs along the UP North Yard in Denver. The recovery team is talking through the details needed in order to place the car back on th... (more)

The Big Boy engine sped eastward from Cheyenne, Wyoming and was snapped as it passed through Hillsdale, followed by some gnarly clouds that turned into violent thunderstorms later in the day. Che... (more)

Masters of their craft. The California Zephyr made a stop in Denver, Colorado right after the Union Pacific's Big Boy locomotive backed into Union Station. Gary Meyer on left is the engineer of ... (more)

The time is near for the vintage passenger and MOW cars that used to be stored at the Union Pacific Burnham Shops. These cars, which can be seen in photos 413951 and 591196 were owned by Marcus R... (more)

There are 66 engines in Union Pacific's North Yard on this day, from light power working to shuffle cars in the yard to heavies waiting for assignments.

A lucky find on a siding east of Pueblo, Colorado is this Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad boxcar DRGW 63770. It was built in 1963 and is all the more spectacular that it has survived in the ... (more)

NS 9184 (Dash-9) makes a stop at the BNSF engine servicing facility in Denver and shares the yard with a Warbonnet and a BNSF work train. Note the high brake wheel on the 40 foot boxcar.

For the Halloween weekend the Colorado Railroad Museum encouraged the little ones to wear their costumes. Here a superhero gets a little hand for a picture on the front of DRGW 5771, a set of AB ... (more)

A unique visitor to the UP's North Yard in Denver was SLRG 512, a Budd 'Big Dome' M500 car that has operated for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and Alaska Rail Tours railroads.

BNSF 8574 (SD70ACe) gets repositioned for a run into the Denver Yard. Notice the fairly new LinkUP PTC (positive train control) antenna package on the roof of the cab.

The Coors Brewing Company's SW1000 shuffles a set of special purpose hoppers from the grain silo to the brewing building. The hoppers have special adaptors on the tops to facilitate precise quant... (more)

With only about 10 minutes of evening sun left, BNSF 6072 (ES44AC) pulls a heavy freight of scrap metal gondolas from the Denver Yard. As the trio of engines strain to get the string moving, the ... (more)