Coors C987 spots 2 beer concentrate tank cars against one already in the siding next to the loading building. In the background is another Golden landmark in the form of Mt. Zion with the big M at... (more)
The BNSF Lincoln, NE to Provo, UT trackage rights train heads past beautiful downtown Troublesome, CO on the UP Moffat Tunnel Sub.
Whose railroad is this again? The westbound BNSF Lincoln, NE-Provo, UT manifest passes its eastbound counterpart which has had a slow go at going east all day due to MOW work on the UP Moffat Tunn... (more)
An eastbound coal train off the Craig Branch heads out of Tunnel 39 toward Kremmling.
Straight off of the Craig Branch an eastbound coal train snakes its way along the Colorado River.
East meets west with Amtrak 5 meeting Amtrak 6 at Azure Siding. 6 will make quick stop to hand off a lost coat for 5 to take back to its owner in Glenwood Springs
Amtrak 6 exits Tunnel 40 deep down in Gore Canyon. If the view for the passengers down there looking up is anything like the view down then it is quite spectacular.
Just seconds from its stop in Glenwood Springs, Amtrak 5 emerges from Glenwood Tunnel. In the foreground is their competitor for the movement of people - I-70.
The sun has already set on the east side of the red cliffs as the Moab Uranium Tailings train heads north toward the junction at Brendel with around 5,000 tons of tailings where it will drop off t... (more)
The Sunday Potash local slowly rolls south toward Intrepid Potash with 4 empty cars.
The small train in the big canyon. With 8 locomotives up front and a long string of empties in tow a westbound empty hopper train follows the path of the Colorado River snaking its way through Gor... (more)
An Eastbound UP Manifest heads through Byers Canyon.
Amtrak 5 snakes its way through the nearly continuous curves of Byers Canyon.
1 of 2 specially painted locomotives on the Crow celebrating the Armed Forces.
ET-5 (yellow/red) and ET-1 (blue/white) stand by for their next assignment while ET-4 heads in to grab 2 bottle cars.
