Lights from nearby parking lots, building and cars illuminate Union Pacific's Big Boy 4014 as it sits the night in Sidney, Nebraska.

The size of the Vestas wind turbine blades are evident when seen next to the GP35 of Hudson Bay Railway.

Even at speed, the massive engine was nearly enveloped by cloud due to the fast falling snow and the hot steam hitting the sub-freezing temperature. An amazing sight to see. Here UP 4014 is runn... (more)

Here is a profile of a P42DC of the California Zephyr. Sharp eyed foamers will note an airliner positioned underneath the engine - this is a plane landing at Denver International Airport off in t... (more)

BNSF 200 (SD75M previously numbered as 8200) gets paired up with another unit in the engine servicing yard.

There is a small but interesting train museum adjacent to the Pueblo Union Depot train station, including these two unique pieces. DOT 001 is a U30C that used to be used on the Department of Tran... (more)

A father and his boys stroll past the last surviving standard gauge engine of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. DRGW 683 (2-8-0) was built in 1890 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and oper... (more)

The day after a blizzard coated everything with a thick layer of snow, BNSF 9709 (Executive SD70MAC) sits waiting for orders in the small yard which serves the Coors Brewery facility in Golden, Co... (more)

This 0-4-0T saddle tank engine known as a ‘dinky’ was owned and operated by the Great Western Sugar Company and was used to shuffle sugar beets into the processing plant. Great Western at one ... (more)

The Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado has a nice variety of engines, from narrow gauge steam locomotives to diesels. One unique engine is this narrow gauge GE 52 Ton switcher that used... (more)

The Colorado Railroad museum will hopefully soon be able to give Denver & Rio Grande Western 683 (2-8-0) some attention. The years of baking in the Colorado sun has somewhat faded the paint on th... (more)

Here is a good view of the operations building a the Union Pacific's North Yard in Denver, Colorado. UP 1826 (SD40N) sits waiting for its turn to shuffle freight cars in the massive yard. ... (more)

One of the more odd visitors to the BNSF Engine Yard was this LORAM SBC-18 Ballast Cleaner engine and accompanying work cars.

UP 844 gets a helping hand from UP 6936 (DD40X) while pulling 23 passenger cars (including 7 dome cars). It has just left Denver early in the morning and is headed to Cheyenne, Wyoming to celebra... (more)

UP 1598 (SD40-2 which has been rebuilt to a SD40N) is sorting a cut of hoppers while UP 5087 brings another train into the yard. If you look closely in the background you can see a BNSF train wai... (more)