Four Rio Grande motors pop out of Tunnel 3 which is under the prominent Flat Irons as seen on the Front Range near Boulder, Colo. It is still almost 26 miles on to Denver and some 1600-feet lower... (more)

Even though putt-putt motorcars had mostly been replaced by hyrail vehicles, on March 30, 1985 a D&RGW section man chose to use his putt-putt to reach switch cleaning duties after a snowfall at Cr... (more)

What a beautiful place to patrol track, eh? The D&RGW Front Range track supervisor is inspecting westward at Crescent, Colo. headed for the continental divide at Moffat Tunnel, June 22, 1979.

WHOA! WHOA! STOP! No problem, it is not an imminent collision. Both Rio Grande’s and Santa Fe’s locals were working at the same time in the Drennen Industrial Park south of Colorado Spr... (more)

Apache Railway was not going to be left out of the nation’s Bi-centennial in 1976, so it painted its diesels red-white-blue too. Five Alco RS-11’s were dragging the substantial interchange fr... (more)

After surmounting Tehachapi Summit a visitor from Canada, British Columbia’s Royal Hudson 2860, is drifting near Monolith, Calif. en route to an appointment in the Los Angeles basin, escorted by... (more)

With four SD-40T-2’s eastbound D&RGW 5411 enters dramatic Gore Canyon on June 9, 1980 where UP Chairman Edward Harriman thought he was going to build a dam on the Colorado River in the early 190... (more)

D&RGW 5324 West descends through scenic Glenwood Canyon along the Colorado River near Shoshone, Colo. A hint of Fall on Sept. 6, 1979.

Two passenger trains preparing to depart Denver, headed south down the Joint Line to Pueblo, on April 4, 1967 — AT&SF Train 191 at left and C&S Train 7 at right. Both will be manned by AT&SF cr... (more)

What could be finer than lunch in a dome diner as Union Pacific’s “City of Los Angeles” Train 103 passed through Laramie, Wyo. and an 8500-hp gas turbine was idling in the yard. This was M... (more)

Oh, what might have been…a former BN caboose painted in BNSF orange with swoosh lettering, mounted in a city park in Crawford, Nebraska.

Union Pacific commemorative 4-4-0 119 built in 1979 for the Gold Spike Promontory National Monument performs a run-by strut on June 12, 2015 before being placed in its house for the night, visibl... (more)

Almost lost in its own pristine bathtub in the Valhalla Mountains of British Columbia, Canadian Pacific’s local from Nelson to Slocan City continued once a week on a barge for 20 miles in 2 and... (more)

Much can be seen in this view of Canadian Pacific’s yard at Nelson, B.C. on June 10, 1975: the large depot and division offices under the red roof in the background, adjacent to the car shops; ... (more)

As viewed from Algoma Central Train 1 on Sept. 28, 1993, a shoofly has been built around the washed out right of way at Mile Post 111 where a ruptured beaver dam took it out a few nights earlier c... (more)