Ex Warbonnet BNSF 559 (B40-8W) leads a freight train through the refineries at Commerce City, Colorado.

UP 7491 (C45ACCTE) leaves the smoky skies of the Denver skyline behind as it leads a freight north on the Greeley Sub.

Commerce City Grain. An eastbound unit coal train is seen passing the massive Commerce City Grain facility east of Denver.

Last of the Summer Sunsets at Barr
Warm low light glint off the BNSF heritage colors.

BNSF GEEP 2828 (GP39-3) runs a small freight through the Commerce City Refineries.

UP 7491 (C45ACCTE) leads a freight north on the Greeley Sub through the refineries in Commerce City, Colorado.

BNSF 4010 (DAsh9) shoves a sand train towards Denver on the Brush Sub, passing through the refineries of Commerce, City, Colorado.

The gritty vibe of the refineries in Commerce City, Colorado lends itself to imagining what the Big Boy would have looked like 70 years ago leaving Denver and heading home to Cheyenne, Wyoming.

A pair of fresh B40-8W's take a freight through Commerce City on the Brush Sub.

UP Big Boy 4014 leaves Denver behind as it travels north on the Greeley Sub, passing between the refineries of Commerce City.

55 year-old Con Agra 1134 (SW1200) works the yard which is part of the Commerce City Grain complex in Commerce City, Colorado.

CAGX 1134 (SW1200) works the Commerce City Grain yard north of Denver.

Veteran CAGX 1134 was built in 1966 as a SW1200 for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. It now works the Commerce City Grain yard north of Denver.

BNSF 7702 (ES44DC) shoves a grain train through the refineries in Commerce City as it heads towards Denver, Colorado.

BNSF 2665 brings a string of oil cans from Hudson, Colorado to the refineries in Commerce City. 2665 started life with the AT&SF in 1965 as a GP35 and was later rebuilt as a GP39-3 for the BNSF. ... (more)