Led by a quartet of GE C44-9Ws, Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s Denver to Stockton manifest freight climbs out of Rocky, Colorado, on April 23, 2002. In the background sits an eastbound Union Pac... (more)

On a sunny but cold afternoon of February 5, 2004, Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s Denver to Stockton manifest freight climbs up the eastern grade of Union Pacific’s former Rio Grande crossing ... (more)

A BNSF Denver to Stockton manifest freight, powered by a trio of GE C44-9Ws, works through the curves west of Clay Colorado, while climbing Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision grade up the... (more)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s Denver to Stockton freight climbs up the eastern grade of Utah’s Soldier Summit through the curves of Kyune on the afternoon of February 5, 2004.

Traversing the former Rio Grande Moffat Tunnel main line, Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s Denver to Stockton freight climbs out of Rocky, Colorado, on April 23, 2002. An eastbound Union Pacific c... (more)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s Denver to Stockton manifest freight works upgrade at Coal Creek Canyon west of Clay, Colorado, on April 21, 2002. The head-end power is already through Tunnel 1 in... (more)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s Denver to Stockton manifest freight pops out of Tunnel 18 just east of Crescent, Colorado, on the afternoon of May 23, 2001.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s Denver to Stockton manifest freight gets some help up the front range of the Rocky Mountains from a pair of EMD SD40-2 helpers on the rear. The head end of the tra... (more)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s Denver to Stockton manifest freight passes the DPUs of an eastbound Union Pacific coal load at Leyden, Colorado, on April 9, 2001.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s MDENSTO (Denver to Stockton) manifest freight curves into the afternoon sun west of Clay, Colorado, on July 16, 2001. Delivered to BNSF from General Electric 11 mo... (more)

As the head end of westbound BNSF MDENSTO approaches Tunnel 1 in the background, two Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2s push hard on the rear of the train that just cleared Blue Mountain Drive grade ... (more)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe MDENSTO (Denver to Stockton manifest) freight pounds out of Tunnel 18 just east of Crescent, Colorado, on May 23, 2001.

BNSF’s MDENSTO (Denver to Stockton manifest) curves over a bridge over Forest Road 149 (Rollins Pass Road) just west of Tolland, Colorado, on June 6, 2001. The train is led by a faded GE C44-9W,... (more)

BNSF’s westbound manifest freight that operates on the Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision is westbound on the approach to Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado, on April 5, 1999. Leading... (more)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s MDENSTO (Denver to Stockton, California, manifest) freight curves over the east switch at Leyden, Colorado, on October 9, 1999. Powering the westbound freight is S... (more)