UP 6881 (ES44AC) leads a freight towards Blue Mountain, Colorado.

March of 2021 saw one of the heaviest blizzards to hit the Colorado Front Range in 20 years. This is the moment that the California Zephyr slammed into a 4 foot snow drift, completely covering th... (more)

On October 19, 2015, an afternoon run of the Deseret Power Railway’s unit coal train has just crested Holum Pass and is now dropping downgrade past milepost 7 at Blue Mountain, Colorado.

AMTK 175 (P42DC) leads the morning's California Zephyr around Blue Mountain as it heads into the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

An afternoon run of the Deseret Power Railway’s unit coal train has just crested Holum Pass and is now dropping downgrade past milepost 7 at Blue Mountain, Colorado, on October 19, 2015.

A trio of Deseret Power E60C-2s lead a train over the highway just south of the "town" of Blue Mountain near Dinosaur, Colo.

The Deseret Power Ry.’s afternoon loaded train is rolling downgrade over Moffat County Road #134, also known as the Blue Mountain Road. This type of a culvert overpass is common on this railroad... (more)

The Deseret Power Ry’s E60 electric # DPR1 is seen here sitting at the very end of the coal loading loop. Just out of sight at the lower right corner is the spring switch at the main line. Engin... (more)

The Deseret Power Ry's empty train returning from the Bonanza Power Plant was 2 or 3 hours late today. This plus the sun angle this time of year limited my shot location for favorable lighting to... (more)

This shot is a companion to my image #555832 and was taken about half a minute before it. This time of year it is often a race between the afternoon loaded coal train’s arrival at a photo locati... (more)

The Deseret Power Ry.'s loaded afternoon train usually leaves the loadout, around 4:30PM shortly after the swing shift arrives for work. This time of year, here in eastern Utah and western Colorad... (more)

Loading complete, the train awaits the swing shift crew to take it west.

The morning empty returns to the Deserado Mine loadout. Unfortunately for us, there would be no afternoon train today as the longwall was having problems.

The Front Range of the Rockies on a pleasant March morning. BNSF6403 has this manifest well underhand as it heads towards a Utah destination.

The northwest corner of Colorado is easily characterized as rugged; it's a tough place for anything to survive, and as the scrub brush adorning the rocky ridges attests, precipitation is a scarce ... (more)