Rio Grande "Rail Blazer" overnight Salt Lake City to Denver intermodal train is almost home as it descends the Front Range at Rocky, CO.
One of only 3 Rio Grande GP30's left on the roster at this time.
As the West Local shoves back on the Rocky Spur a loaded coal train rolls past the east switch of Rocky with North Yard 18 miles ahead.
The elevation change at the Big Ten Curves is shown with 2 trains around the route. Below, six engines head a westbound waiting for clearance at the Little Ten Curve on the Rocky siding. Above, an... (more)
Returning to the main with cars from Rocky Flats.
Bad weather and a train derailment in Denver yesterday have turned Union Pacific's Moffat Route into a parking lot today. Here are 3 trains waiting for clearance westbound. BNSF 7611 sits on the m... (more)
Six engines(elephant style) head a westbound waiting for clearance on the Rocky siding while an eastbound in the background approaches with about 5 minutes to make the pass.
The Big Ten Curves are located on the western edge of The Great Plains at the base of the Rocky Mountain Foothills. Looking east from the foothills a UP coal train is westbound thru the Little Ten... (more)
Union Pacific power pulling westbound thru The Little Ten Curve.
An eastbound coal train is stopped on the Rocky siding and stretches west into the Little Ten Curve. In the background a Union Pacific freight train has completed the Big Ten Curves and continues ... (more)
A crew member emerges from UP 6386, stopped on the Rocky siding, to watch UP power as it heads westward into the Little Ten Curve.
Morning on the Colorado Front Range looking north toward the Flatirons of Boulder.
BNSF power coming through the south side of Little Ten while an empty UP coal train waits on the north side at Rocky siding. A mile away in the west background the Ski Train just got clearance and... (more)
The Little Ten Curve displays the entire length of the Ski Train on a winter morning.
UP 6633 is leading a string of empty hoppers around the Little Ten Curve.
