In the vast open spaces north of Fort Collins off of the Interstate 25 exit at Buckeye Road, a northbound BNSF empty ballast train trundles north near Owl Canyon, Colorado on April 9, 2018.

On a gorgeous spring evening, two BNSF C44-9W's lead a northbound stack train across the vast open spaces near Norfolk, Colorado on April 9, 2018.

On a gorgeous winter afternoon, the "Longmont Switch" races by farm fields that have had their fertilizer (cow manure) laid down recently just north of Longmont, Colorado on February 27,... (more)

Running on the wrong left-hand main is the South Seattle-Alliance merchandise/intermodal train that can be seen through a stone arch bridge at Spruce just north of Palmer Lake, Colorado on March 1... (more)

A group of llamas go about their own business as BNSF ES44C4 No. 4239 leads a northbound manifest down Berthoud Hill near Berthoud, Colorado on April 4, 2018.

Vehicles on Interstate 76 race across the high plains as an eastbound welded rail train approaches the west end of Bijou siding about a few miles west of Fort Morgan, Colorado on March 30, 2018. I... (more)

There is some fall color left as a pair of Burlington Northern painted SD70MACs Nos. 9621 and 9646 cross the Cache La Poudre River in Fort Collins, Colorado on October 27, 2017.

It is just after sunrise as a pair of Burlington Northern painted SD70MACs Nos. 9621 and 9646 race north as lite power on the "Longmont Switch" at Berthoud, Colorado on October 27, 2017.... (more)

Thick smoke from numerous wildfires fills the sky creating hazy atmospheric conditions. A loaded BNSF coal train waits in the sag at Spruce just north of Palmer Lake, Colorado on Main 1 as the Bel... (more)

Due to wildfires burning in the Western United States across several states and also in Canada throughout a few Provinces, thick smoke clouds from such fires have moved into Colorado and as far ea... (more)

The sun peeks out for a brief moment as BNSF ES44C4 No. 7092 leads the daily hot Alliance-Portland intermodal (Q ALTPTL6 11F) north through the countryside at Longs Peak, Colorado on August 12, 20... (more)

My one and only shot of the Deseret Power Railway near Dinosaur, Colorado. On July 26, 2017, the coal train for the Bonanza Power Plant was not loading at the loadout near Deserado Mine, which can... (more)

A thunderstorm slowly moves east over the mountains and eventually, continental divide as UP's Roper-Denver manifest led by ES44AC No. 8018 climbs the 2-percent grade at the Vasquez Road crossing ... (more)

The sound of locomotives working and exhaust fill the air as a westbound manifest begins its journey out of Green River, Wyoming as it heads up the grade on Peru Hill near James Town on July 23, 2... (more)

Scattered clouds roll in, but a pocket was just big enough for sunlight to illuminate the power on this eastbound stack train as it races along I-84 at Henefer, Utah along UP's Evanston Subdivisio... (more)