Sunrise under an Impending Winter Storm

A significant winter storm is descending the Front Range just before sunrise on this February day while the BNSF keeps the rails s... (more)

Moonrise over Barr Lake

Summer travelers are sitting down to dinner aboard the eastbound California Zephyr as it flies over the causeway at Barr Lake, CO.

Amtrak's California Zephyr races across Barr Lake as the mosquitos buzz near the swap water on a warm summer evening. AMTK 184, the Phase IV heritage unit, was assigned to lead this days Zephyr on... (more)

Barr on Ice

Headlights glisten off the ice over Barr Lake on the fill Amtrak 5 nearly on time moments before sun up on a sub zero day along the High Plains Route.

Cattails & Stainless Steel

Amtrak 6, on time glides over the mirrored reflection of a serene calm soothing Summer evening on the High Plains.

Winter Solstice Sunrise at Barr Lake

In a repeat attempt for several years, the first light of a Winter Solstice sunrise silhouettes Amtrak 5 over a frozen landscape at Bar... (more)

Loaded coal hustles over the fill at Barr Lake State Park. Stormy skies have given way to a happy sun filled ending.

BNSF 7145 muscles a coal past Barr Lake.

A pair of recently returned to service BNSF SD70MACs, dressed in former Burlington Northern 'Grinstein' colors, bring up the rear of westbound coal loads as they pass Barr Lake, CO on BNSF's Brush... (more)

BNSF 6236 rolls underneath some intense Summer afternoon storms as it heads West towards Denver.

An afternoon thunderstorm is brewing May 30,1966, as CB&Q F3A 127A/B lead an eastbound drag at Barr Lake northeast of Denver. The units wear Q’s famous “grayback” paint scheme, faded and worn afte... (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)

BNSF GP39-2 2854 (ex Santa Fe 3640) pulls out of the Barr Siding with the Eastbound local heading to the tank car repair facility at Hudson.

BNSF covered hopper 486868 is adorned with a Colorado & Southern emblem as part of BNSF's Legacy fleet.

CREX 1318 and BNSF 1100 head into Barr siding as they approach Denver.