Amtrak's eastbound "California Zephyr" pops out of Tunnel 1 in Coal Creek Canyon as it descends down the 2-percent grade towards Denver, on September 29, 2018.

City railfanning is always fun, especially in Chicago. Buildings of different shapes and sizes can create various shadows, contrasts, and even lighting. Nowadays, most if not all of the train traf... (more)

A passenger sits back and relaxes while looking out the window with another passenger sleeping in the Sightseer Lounge on Amtrak #5 as we do our station stop here in Creston, Iowa. Just outside th... (more)

It's just another day in Cheyenne, WY as the Laurel to Denver Manifest departs Cheyenne seen above as the MDVCY 14 arrives into the yard and as a DPU on a empty hopper train heads west towards She... (more)

A beautiful morning brings sunshine and a band of clouds as BNSF SD70ACe No. 9125 leads the Amarillo, Texas to Denver, Colorado manifest through the sweeping curve at Walsenburg, Colorado along BN... (more)

UP 4014 is on the final stretch home to Cheyenne, Wyoming. Many chasers can be seen parked along and pacing along the train on Otto Road at Borie, Wyoming.

It's just after sunrise as an assortment of UP and SP GE's lead the Houston, Texas to West Elk Mine, Colorado empty coal train through Rocky and Big Ten Curve just west of Denver, Colorado on Augu... (more)

The DPUs on this Minnequa, Colorado empty are seen passing the Hudson Turn which can be seen on the left waiting for a clear signal from the dispatcher to proceed west. On the right, a cross and a... (more)

Union Pacific's Roper Yard (Salt Lake City), Utah to North Yard (Denver), Colo., manifest rounds the curve at Tolland over South Boulder Creek after meeting the westbound Amtrak California Zephyr.

After the area got pounded by a Severe T-Storm, the sun peeks out of the clouds, along with a nice cold breeze to accompany it. The sound of a steam engine can be heard off in the distance. Seen h... (more)

The sun peeks out behind a cloud as coal empties from the Public Service Company of Colorado gets ready to depart Phippsburg, Colorado on October 1, 2016. The crew just finished adding their mid-t... (more)

There's no better way to travel than by train. Amtrak No. 6, the California Zephyr along BNSF's Creston Subdivision east of Prescott, Iowa.

Two General Electric ES44A6's Tier IV Demos Nos. 2041 and 2042 are seen leading a Mill, Texas to North Antelope Mine, Wyoming empty coal train that is seen stopped near CO-HWY 119 and CO-HWY 52 ne... (more)

The sun peeks out for a bit as ex-ATSF, now BNSF B40-8W No. 556 comes off of the Cemex Lead and onto the former Buckwheat Branch, now known as the Lyons Branch at Medberry in Lyons, Colorado on De... (more)

Union Pacific "Big Boy" No. 4014 departs Sharon Springs, Kansas, and enters the Limon Subdivision after getting a track warrant to head west to its next layover stop in Limon, Colorado, ... (more)