The former American Orient Express, now GrandLuxe Express, was eastbound in Crozier Canyon, Az. when it met doublestack BNSF 715 West. The luxury passenger train was headed for Grand Canyon on Ma... (more)

The westbound Rio Grande Zephyr passes Hideaway Park at Winter Park, Colo. headed for its next stop at Fraser. The date was May 16, 1970, just two months after the discontinuance of the famous Ca... (more)

The overhead slide detector fences are ever vigilant as eastbound Rio Grande Zephyr Train 18 negotiates one of the most rugged canyons in Colorado — awesome Gore Canyon. The canyon was named a... (more)

How could a day of shooting get any better — after capturing the California Zephyr at this spot, behind it came the “Yampa Valley” Train 9 headed 231 miles (from Denver) to Craig in N.W. Col... (more)

Pretty clean dome car glass, yes? You’re on the Rio Grande Zephyr, Train 18, eastbound through Ruby Canyon just after leaving Utah, and the train is about to cross McDonald Creek which empties ... (more)

One of the most favorite passenger trains, the California Zephyr, exits the first of 28 tunnels at Plainview, Colo. before it reaches the big one under the continental divide — the 6.2-mile long... (more)

The D&RGW has added a dome of its own (which came from the C&O) and with five F units, Train 17 California Zephyr leaves Denver Union Terminal headed through the heart of the Rocky Mountains. Th... (more)

Still on David Moffat’s descending 2 percent grade, BN’s Inspection train on the D&RGW nears Denver and the return to BN rails on Sept. 30, 1987.

Officers of the BN wanted to see some of the D&RGW so they brought their own inspection cars — a full length dome, a diner and a power car. It has just passed through 6.2-mile long Moffat Tunne... (more)

How about a hyrail school bus for your railroad? Before rebuilding a Santa Fe 4-6-4, the Abilene & Smoky Valley RR had one for its passengers, operating out of Abilene, Kansas.

Seven leased Oakway SD-60s lead an empty coal train from Amarillo around the curve on Colorado’s Joint Line where it enters U.S. Force Academy property. The train is headed back to the Powder R... (more)

Two leased GE B40-8s with a fuel tank car between them rush a piggyback train west to Denver. Apparently this was a test to keep the train moving through fuel stops. Note the diminutive trucks u... (more)

Two red warbonnets expedite an intermodal train seven years after the BNSF merger east out of Amarillo at Claude en route Fort Worth on the former FW&D.

The last light of January 4, 1980, is fading rapidly as a southbound BN freight makes it way down Colorado’s Joint Line south of Castle Rock, headed straight toward 14,115-ft. Pikes Peak. Named... (more)

Something for everyone — a BN SD-60, a D&RGW SD-50, an AT&SF FP-45 and a UP SD-60 — they’re on an Operation Lifesaver special going north up the BN (C&S) near Broomfield, Colo., headed for B... (more)