BNSF’s westbound manifest freight that operates on the Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision is westbound on the approach to Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado, on April 5, 1999. Leading the... (more)

A Union Pacific coal train drops off the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains as it goes through Arvada, Colorado, on February 9, 1999. Leading the way toward Denver’s North Yard is Chicago and Nort... (more)

Sunrise catches BNSF 5307 and three helpers and they wait for the order to take a freight up to Ft Collins.

The golden colors of autumn light up the hillsides above Tolland, Colorado, on the morning of October 1, 2008. Westbound Union Pacific MDVRO freight passes by as clouds roll off the Continental Di... (more)

On the Kersey Branch in East La Salle, Local 7 pauses for a few minutes after tieing down the cut of cars they shoved back from the UP Main onto the branch next to an old farm shed.

On this National Train Day, UP's Local 7 (LDI07-11) shoves back and kicks cars into the yard in La Salle, CO. Pretty soon they'll shove the rest of the train onto the Kersey Industrial Lead with a... (more)

San Luis and Rio Grande 2-6-0 No. 1744 has arrived in Alamosa, Colorado, with the La Veta passenger train on August 12, 2007. Surrounding the locomotive are some of SL&RG’s diesel fleet. Former LM... (more)

UP shop forces install a new prime mover in SP tunnel motor No. 8364.

A westbound BNSF coal train passes through Barr, Colorado, at dawn on December 2, 2010. As the DPUs pass by, thin clouds are turning pastel shades of yellow, orange and red by the rising winter su... (more)

On May 7th, the brakeman and engineer head over to the Renzenberger Van during a crew change with the Buck Local crew here in Berthoud, CO at the old Colorado & Southern Depot, now part of the Lio... (more)

A weary UP 695(GP38-2) runs solo in the 36th Street Yard

It's a calm and peaceful evening on Berthoud Hill as a DPU helps assist the daily Laurel, MT to Denver, CO manifest up the hill as the train proceeds south towards Longmont and eventually Denver.

The sun is just setting as more storms continue to move over the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at Morey, CO as the Longmont Switch trundles along slowing to stop outside of Longmont to wait for... (more)

Minutes just before sunset, the Longmont Switch with the Buck Local crew on board rounds the S-Curve at the south end of Berthoud heading back to Longmont on a mild Tuesday evening.

East bound manifest runs through Glenwood Springs