CP 8111 with a loaded coal train at Sterling, CO.

BNSF's QALTPTL arrives at Sterling for a crew change with Boeing's on the headend.

Southbound coal load at Sterling, CO awaits a crew for the trip to Denver.

BNSF 1591 in the late afternoon at Sterling, CO.

BNSF 8334 (ES44C4) leaves Sterling, Colorado and heads north with a set of Boeing 737 fuselages.

Canadian National 3977 (Former Citi Rail ES44AC) takes a freight into Sterling, Colorado.

BNSF 3322 (ES44ACH) holds for a green in the yard at Sterling, Colorado.

On display in Sterling, Colorado is this Great Western Railway #9 'Dinky' 0-4-0T tank engine, which worked the large sugar beet refining facility in town.

BNSF 1879 (SD39-2) is spotted working the BNSF yard in Sterling, Colorado.

BNSF 8766 (SD70ACe) passes another coal train and a 0-4-0T 'Dinky' tank engine in Sterling, Colorado.

With a fresh crew on board, a westbound loaded coal train departs Sterling off the UP Pass as it begins its trip across eastern Colorado to Denver.

With a fresh crew on board, the DP motors of a "mega" empty coal train departs Sterling and heads north off of the Brush Subdivision onto the Angora Subdivision. These "mega" c... (more)

BNSF 5860 (ES44AC) is about to enter the yard in Sterling, Colorado.

BNSF Warbonnet 718 (Dash 9) leads a train from Sterling to Brush, Colorado.

BNSF 8445 (SD70ACe) waits in Sterling, Colorado for a train to take to Denver on the Brush Sub.