The sun has gone behind the mountains for the day as the second of two coal loads heads west with a pair of BNSF SD70ACe's leading just east of Hudson, Colorado on December 14, 2015.

Late in the evening, new BNSF 3937 heads South with a unit train of empty Cement hoppers.

An engineer is his own brakeman as he walks ahead in the rain to throw a switch so his 45-tonner can proceed. The life of a small industrial operation....

Sunday morning around 10:30am, a westbound coal load headed for Amarillo, TX derailed on BNSF's Brush Subdivision on the west side of Hudson, CO, about 30 miles northeast of Denver. Here, crews ar... (more)

Sunday morning around 10:30am, a westbound coal load headed for Amarillo, TX derailed on BNSF's Brush Subdivision on the west side of Hudson, CO, about 30 miles northeast of Denver (home of an ani... (more)

Two BNSF SD70ACe's bring up the rear of this empty coal train at the County Road 51 grade crossing between Hudson and Keenesburg just after sunset. Hand held at 1/8 sec, f/5.0, at ISO 400.

At dusk, Kansas City Southern ES44AC no. 4684 leads a KCS Grey AC4400CW on this eastbound BNSF empty coal train just east of Hudson on the Brush Subdivision.

A BNSF Coal Empty heads East on its way back to Powder River with help from this DPU Unit.

After performing switching duties at the Rescar Facility, the Hudson Turn heads back to Denver with former Santa Fe power on the point.

The westbound Chicago to Denver Z-Train pretty much has a straight shot into Denver as there's nothing coming east out of Denver as they pass the grain elevator at Roggen.

A bunch of slow orders have slowed the hot shot Chicago, IL to Denver, CO Z-Train that is seen coming into the small town of Hudson, CO at sunset.

With just about a minute left of sunlight, a westbound coal train heads west into the setting sun just east of Hudson at Rescar, CO.

BNSF GP38-2 2308 and GP39-2 2700 are parked in the Hudson siding for "beans". The local is returning to Denver from the tank car repair facility located at Hudson.

With some slow orders in effect, the Edgemont, SD to Denver, CO Manifest just rolls along over a small bridge near the Rescar Tank Car Facility in Hudson, CO.

One mistake can cost someones life... At Hudson, HWY 52 crosses the tracks in town near the local businesses and homes. Trains don't go slow through town and if one doesn't be careful, they... (more)