With a storm cell working in the background, the DP motors of an empty coal drag charge their way up the Palmer Divide as they roll through the city of Colorado Springs.

Switchlist in hand the ground crew watches carefully as the engineer shoves a cut of cars in the yard. There are still footboards on the locomotive, no portable radios or reflective vests, and at... (more)

A southbound freight accelerates past the under construction Martin Drake Power Station.

Three Southern Pacific locomotives Elephant style. Make their along Colorado's Joint Line.

A spotless Fairbanks Morse switcher assigned to Fort Carson works the DRGW interchange in Colorado Springs.

Power for the UP local based out of Colorado Springs was still appropriately assigned back in 2005. The stripes are nearly worn off the nose of 3097, but from the side it doesn't look all that ba... (more)

One locomotive for each car! A very short Pikes Peak Local passes in front of the former DRGW Colorado Springs depot.

A cog railway 0-6-0 steam engine lives out its retirement at the Broadmoor Hotel.

A solo GP40-2 of Rio Grande lineage is today’s power for the Colorado Springs local as it moves cars around the small yard located here. This 3000hp geep works well as it arranges the freight car... (more)

BN 7092 leads two more BN and four SP diesels south on a coal train through Academy siding on the Joint Line. Power for the consist was BN 7092, BN 5119, BN 5027, SP 9226, SP 8993, SP 9109 and SP ... (more)

BN 7092 leads two more BN and four SP motor south on a coal train through Academy siding on the Joint Line. Power for the consist was BN 7092, BN 5119, BN 5027, SP 9226, SP 8993, SP 9109 and SP 9... (more)

An empty Union Pacific wind turbine train rounds a curve in front of the Martin Drake Power Plant in Colorado Springs, CO on November 6, 2017.

In front of the Martin Drake Power Plant of Colorado Springs, CO, a BNSF coal train rounds a curve on its way south on November 6, 2017.

In front of the Martin Drake Power Plant of Colorado Springs, CO, a BNSF manifest freight train rounds a curve on its way south on November 3, 2017.