BNSF coal loads, head south on the Joint Line, as mty hoppers head north. (Thank you to Joe B. for acting as tour guide this day.)

It's just after sunrise as a westbound empty coal train makes its way west towards the Moffat Tunnel through Rocky just west of Denver on November 15, 2013.

After meeting a southbound manifest, the Longmont Turn led by three Heritage One painted SD40-2s get ready to head north to Fort Collins with cars for Great Western. The sun has set behind the mou... (more)

BNSF 5860 (ES44AC) passes through Palmer Lake and heads to Monument, Colorado

UP 1988 painted in the M-K-T Heritage scheme eases down the 2% grade with the Eastbound Salt Lake City to Denver manifest train as storm clouds roll over the Continental Divide in the background.

In April 2005, a large 745-ton Belleli vessel was shipped from Houston, Texas, to Denver, Colorado, using the “world’s largest railroad car,” Schnabel CEBX No. 800. The heavy load was going ... (more)

The morning sun starts to illuminate Coal Creek Canyon as a westbound empty coal climbs the grade towards Tunnel #1 near Blue Mountain Road.

Severe Thunderstorms enter the area delivering rain and 60 MPH Wind Gusts as a rerouted BNSF "Stinky Slinky" empty molten sulfur train rounds the curve leaving Platteville, CO at track speed.

After meeting Amtrak #6 at Platteville, UP's Denver, CO to Green River, WY Manifest (MDVGR-21) gets up to track speed as the train races north out of Platteville as the sun is about to set behind ... (more)

In a brief burst of sunlight, mty's head westbound on UP's Moffat Line, to West Elk mine. (Thank you to Chip S. for acting as tour guide this day.)

On this mild yet humid evening, UP #844 and UP #6936 race out of Brighton, CO at track speed as they bring back people to Denver from the Daddy of Em' All Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne,... (more)

Five units lead a westbound empty coal train around Big Ten Curve near Clay Siding. The assault on the Front Range is now in full swing and the train will be climbing steadily toward Moffat Tunn... (more)

Spring has finally arrived in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Amid green grass and blooming wildflowers, a UP coal empty navigates Little Ten curve, with Big Ten in the background beyond.

Ski Train Grande Gold
For two weekends in 2007, when one of the Ski Train's F40PH locomotives was down with mechanical issues, Union Pacific thoughtfully provided Rio Grande Heritage No... (more)

The Rio Grande and CNW heritage units pull a Union Pacific business special back to Denver, about 130 miles away at this point. Never had the CNW unit been on the Moffat Road before.