Union Pacific’s West Local returns to Denver heading downgrade at mile 14.5 west of Leyden, Colorado, on July 8, 2012. Three rebuilt GP40-2s (two rebuilt from Southern Pacific GP40s, while one i... (more)
The sun rises directly over the Denver skyline, just a blip on the horizon from this vantage point about 16 miles away. Below, a coal train is stretched out over Big Ten Curve as it begins the cli... (more)
Leaving the flatlands of eastern Colorado and the Denver skyline quickly behind, an empty UP coal train storms uphill back toward the mines deep in the heart of the Colorado Rockies. Though not ea... (more)
Leaving Denver in its wake The westbound Rio Grande Ski Train heads out of Denver just west of Leyden, Colorado, during sunrise on a bright January 6, 2001.
An eastbound Union Pacific coal train approaches Leyden, Colorado, early in the morning on February 11, 2001. The train passes by the now gone searchlight signals at mile 14.5 with a Chicago and N... (more)