UP runs an annual Engineering Special that frequently seems to make its way over the Moffat! Such was the case here as the eastbound special, led by UP 6936, wraps its way through Byers Canyon. Th... (more)

A southbound coal load pulls toward the top of the Palmer Divide (at Palmer Lake) on Main One while a northbound empty darts by at track speed on Main Two. An October storm brought an inch or so o... (more)

The second P42DC in this shot wouldn't load when the Zephyr was in Salt Lake City. As a result, UP 1989 was borrowed from Union Pacific for the trip east to Denver (and ultimately to Chicago). Her... (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)

Sunday morning around 10:30am, a westbound coal load headed for Amarillo, TX derailed on BNSF's Brush Subdivision on the west side of Hudson, CO, about 30 miles northeast of Denver (home of an ani... (more)

UP 1989 meets an eastbound coal load at Crescent on its trip west. UP 1989 and crew were in the siding shortly before sunset. More at drgw.ws.

Union Pacific closed Burnham Shops on Valentine's Day, 2016. Nearly four months later and DRGW 3006 still sites on one of the few-remaining coach yard tracks on the west side of the yard. 3006 is ... (more)

DRGW 5371 crosses over York Street on UP's Belt Industrial Lead just outside North Yard. This may well be 5371's late trip as an active unit on UP's roster. In this shot, it is headed for Cheyenne... (more)

UP 1989 sits on the runaround track in North Yard at 9pm. The unit will lead the MNYPU south on the Joint Line, departing North Yard around 11pm.

The typically nocturnal Rio Grande Heritage Unit has made some impressive day trips in the past few weeks. It finally led an eastbound manifest, which arrived in Denver shortly after sunrise. Here... (more)

In the wee hours of the night (around 1:30am), the six Heritage Units along with UP 8444 line up in Salt Lake City in preparation of the next days events.

Creeping along at 12 MPH, this testing special is about to disappear into the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel. The train will stop at East Portal, wait for the tunnel to vent, and return west thr... (more)

A couple miles north of Ault, UP's MNYNP is rolling north toward Nunn where it will take the siding. UP 6936 was set out in Denver due to mechanical issues after leading an engineering special ove... (more)

Ahhh, Spring in Colorado! 3-6 inches of snow fell overnight going into the morning of April 7th. 14 miles west of Denver, the California Zephyr charges westbound through the still-falling white st... (more)

In a rare occurrence, a trio of BNSF units (including this Warbonnet SD75I) lead a unit Union Pacific pipe train along the plains of Colorado. The sun has just set and the clouds are getting ready... (more)