With the exception of different numbers, this photo could have been any time in the last 30 years. 3 ex-BN SD40-2s lead the southbound Longmont switch up the 1.8% Derby Hill that runs from south L... (more)

Lots of local power rests in the yard at Hastings, NE, as the McCook-Kansas City switches in the background. The GP35/GP38 combo came in from McCook in the afternoon, the GP40X/B40-8W combo came i... (more)

Another coal drag moves eastbound as the sun dips lower in the western sky. This train would soon be stopping at a red signal to let a westbound pass.

The signal heads may have changed throughout the years, but the signal bridge at MP 511 in west Cheyenne is still iconic as another stack train heads west, prepping for its trip over Sherman Hill.

A coal train heads south on the Joint Line on a perfect spring morning, led by CREX 1211 and BNSF 8585.

Amtrak #5 got stuck behind a grain train, which got stuck in a snow drift the previous night. With a 3rd Amtrak locomotive and 2 BNSF ES44AC's for power, the train pulls away from the depot, where... (more)

The power for the Ft. Collins local was called on this Saturday for a special move to grab some windmill blades and return them from Milliken to LaSalle and beyond.

After making the trip north from Proctor, IC 6251 leads another IC SD40-3 and a CN-painted, DMIR tunnel motor into the United Taconite loadout at Fairlane.

Only a couple weeks after the Moffat Tunnel Sub had reopened due to washouts, two coal trains meet at Tolland siding, just a few miles from the famous Moffat Tunnel and the continental divide.

Passing through the small town of Elm Creek, UP 5511 leads this stack train west along UP's famous Triple Track.

Having completed the trip from Fairlane, IC 6260 and 2 Canadian 40s enter the yard tracks in Proctor. Before the train was finished passing, the sun would disappear, disappointing us for the empty... (more)

As if it was 1997, 3 UP SD40-2s lead a CNW on a westbound freight. Unfortunately, 2012 called, as it was the local from Grand Island with 3 SD40N's and a patched CNW, and the train had picked up t... (more)

After meeting 3 northbounds, BNSF 9675 south pulls onto the then-single track section between Bonner and the top of the hill at Angora. This section of track has since been double tracked.

2 Canadian National EMDs lead the Lincoln to Laurel manifest west out of Hastings, NE, passing a CB&Q-style searchlight signal, which unfortunately has been replaced. This train had just set off ... (more)

With a train tied down in the siding, BNSF 6026 leads an empty coal train through the small town of Hampton, NE, before sunset. Highway 34 tends to not have much traffic on it through this part of... (more)