A San Diego Coaster heads past the wading pool in front of the San Diego Convention Center.

A sight likely never to be seen again was this All-Star line up of rare steam powered locomotives. The class photo, take at the Union Pacific Steam Shop in Cheyenne Wyoming, included UP 4014 (4-8... (more)

I think the technical term for this is 'No Bueno'. The turbo on BNSF 573 (B40-8W) is blowing flame as it pulls a heavy load out of the Denver Yard.

Although the symbol of luxury rail travel in their day, these two cars look small compared to today’s gleaming behemoths that Amtrak uses. The bigger dome car named Grand Dome is SP 3604 and wa... (more)

Although a product of the 1950's, when automotive, aircraft and even rail power incorporated sleek, space-age streamlining, the G8 looked more like a rolling brick. While not necessarily the pre... (more)

The Minnesota Zephyr Dinner Train twins are spending the night in the UP's North Yard in Denver. The two F7A units are destined to finally hook up with their former passenger cars in Alamosa, Col... (more)

A massive snow storm hit the Colorado Font Range, making it challenging for Union Pacific's Big Boy 4014 to leave the North Yard in Denver. Notice the snow drifts hanging off the passenger cars. ... (more)

Its cold outside but finding a full house of BNSF power waiting at the engine servicing facility makes up for it. There are 32 pumpkins waiting for service or orders to head to the yard.

Drivers were doing double-takes as they drove past this scene. After all, its not every day you get to see 6 Boeing/Spirit 737's flying in tight formation through Broomfield, Colorado.

The workers in UP's North Yard take a moment to admire the beauty of UP 951 (an E9A built in 1955) as it is repositioned for a run later to its home base in Wyoming.

Although the Burnham shops have been closed for many months and the main Burnham Yard tracks have been removed, there still sits a time capsule of DRGW power on the west side of the Burnham compl... (more)

The open air observation cars of the Royal Gorge Railroad give perhaps the best views of the Arkansas River Valley. There are two such cars on the Royal Gorge Railroad train, and you can go from ... (more)

Santa Fe 2912 was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1944. Material shortages during the war limited the use of certain steel alloys, making the 2900 series of locomotives the heaviest of the 4... (more)

Temperatures are well below freezing as dawn breaks with storm clouds, catching BNSF 9177 (SD70ACe) leading a coal train through Barr Lake in Brighton, Colorado.

Sitting in the Denver BNSF shop yard. Hit by a tanker truck - but no major injuries.