Union Pacific No. 7225 leads a coal train through Tunnel 29 just east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on February 16, 2008.

In a wet, spring snowstorm, a Union Pacific coal empty curves past the east switch at Cliff on UP’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. Southern Pacific AC4400CW No. 252 leads the train through the snowf... (more)

It is still a few weeks too early for fall colors to be in full swing. This eastbound coal load crosses South Boulder creek as it descends away from the Continental Divide. In the distance, you ca... (more)

What does springtime frequently look like in Colorado’s high country? A Union Pacific coal train drops down the two-percent grade just east of Tolland, Colorado, on May 1, 1999. Yes, May Day 199... (more)

Eastbound Silverton Mixed. A D&RGW K-28 leads a mixed freight along the icy Animas River, on the eastbound run from Silverton to Durango. This train has just taken water at a location kno... (more)

A trio of CN units is pulling uphill toward the Palmer Divide passing the often-photographed barn at Greenland.

Snow covers the Mississippi River farmland as evenly numbered UP 6000 pushes an empty coal train northward.

Merry Christmas, everyone! A westbound Union Pacific coal train led by EMD SD90MAC-H No. 8202 and two more SD9043MACs approaches Crescent, Colorado, on a very snowy April 23, 1999. Union Pacific 8... (more)

Southern Pacific and Union Pacific AC4400CWs team up with a westbound freight approaching Tunnel 1 east of Plain, Colorado, on a wet April 24, 1999.

The sun has just risen over the Colorado Prairie as a westbound empty coal train with some extra power being shuttled west makes its way out of the Greater Denver area through Barbers Gulch just w... (more)

Several GEs lead a coal empty around Big Ten Curve as fog settles over the Denver Metro Area just after sunrise.

Just west of Byers, CO, UP's Limon Sub (commonly knows as the "KP") crosses over the West Bijou Creek on a 47 year old truss bridge. The all-EMD power leads an exceptionally long local (52 cars) e... (more)

Home Sweet Home for a hardcore railfan. A private drive with a flatcar frame bridge leads to a home nestled in the pine forest at 7,000 feet just steps from the Moffat Route. A lead UP flag unit i... (more)

Even though April is only three days away, that doesn't stop spring snow storms from unloading snow in Colorado. The last Thursday run of the Ski Train for the season charges west through raging b... (more)

Fall colors are at their peak at the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel about a week before the end of September. A westbound coal empty plunges into the 6.2 mile long tunnel with two helpers pushin... (more)