UP 7997 (ES44AC) leads an inbound sand train as another train exits the yard through the signal bridge on the east end of the massive complex. Sharp-eyed foamers will notice four 3GS21B units fol... (more)

BNSF 1732 (SD40-2) gets repositioned in the engine servicing yard.

Baldwin built DRGW #318 (2-8-0) holds the line as Galloping Goose #7 makes a run around the perimeter track at the Colorado Railroad Museum.

A beautiful Colorado sunrise at Barr Lake greets BNSF 6400 (ES44AC) as it pulls a loaded coal train towards Denver, Colorado.

Two surfliner engines meet at the Santa Fe Station in San Diego.

COORS Brewery's 998 (SW1001) makes a solo run through the yard in Golden, Colorado to grab a cut of hopper cars waiting at the silo on the east end of their massive complex.

UP 3015 (SD70AH-T4) leads 7 other motors and a long coal train at Leyden, Colorado as it gets ready to climb the Moffat Tunnel Sub to the Continental Divide.

BNSF 3864 (ET44C4) ties up traffic in downtown Longmont, Colorado. Trains will often stop in front of the old depot and block Main Street as they back into the yard off in the distance.

Here we see three of the many former Burlington Northern engines that regularly work the Denver Yard

BNSF 2746 started life in 1963 as a GP30 for the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad. It was rebuilt as a GP39E for the Burlington Northern and is now ready for another 55 year run with the BNSF... (more)

By this time next month the UP engines stored or waiting for work at the Burnham Shops yard will be relocated, the Safety First signs removed and the doors of the engine facilities closed for good... (more)

The testing phase of the new Hyundai Eagle P3 commuter rail cars is nearly complete. Passenger operations between Denver's Union Station and Denver International Airport begin on April 22nd, with... (more)

Today the Union Pacific Steam Crew did a test run of Big Boy UP 4014 (4-8-8-4) so that they could turn the engine around at Speer and get ready to head east towards Omaha on Wednesday.

There is something special about seeing #403 on point. Here we see her leading the Royal Gorge Train earlier this spring.

If you are visiting Denver and want a good place to watch trains, try West 48th Avenue, from which you can see the Union Pacific's North Yard and the adjacent engine servicing facilities.