Colorado & Southern 809 is rolling into Loveland with the local from Ft. Collins on a pleasantly warm November afternoon, 1958. The heavy U.S.R.A. 2-8-2 was, until recently, Chicago Burlington & Q... (more)

A day late for Christmas but on December 26,1965 Extra 72 West is still a surprise gift to the photographer, a rare 15,000-hp DD35A/GP30/GP30B/DD35 combination, as it pops out from under the C&S o... (more)

Trailing the characteristic Alco smudge, PA-1 6001 and an EMD F7B unit accelerate out of Granby with Rio Grande train 9, the Yampa Valley, on its daily 231-mile trek from Denver to Craig. The bagg... (more)

It’s been several years since Union Pacific F-units have appeared in Denver. But suddenly in the fall of 1968 a group of F9’s transferred from the road’s Northwestern District have started s... (more)

Strange bedfellows: Motive power of sometime competitors Union Pacific and Chicago Burlington & Quincy occupy adjacent tracks at UP’s Pullman roundhouse in Denver on September 23, 1968. F-unit 5... (more)

UP F9A 519, a pair of GP9 B-units, and another F9A have just come off the Kansas Division with the overnight freight from Kansas City and in early morning light are passing Denver’s 36th Street ... (more)

The last of a late snowfall is melting off and spring is promised March 26, 1965, as Santa Fe E8M 81 rolls along near Fowler, Colorado, with train 201, the daily La Junta-Denver accommodation. Car... (more)

Portrait of two Chicago landmarks: The Chicago Board of Trade dominates the background as E6A 630 eases out of LaSalle Street Station at 4:08 pm on March 20,1975, to begin its regular afternoon co... (more)

In late afternoon light in November, 1979, Saint Louis-San Francisco GP38-2 403 and a pair of SD45’s lead a piggyback train south through the triple diamonds in Carrollton, Texas. The Cotton Bel... (more)

On a blustery April 4, 1966, F7A 5734 and a companion shove hard at Simms Street in Arvada, boosting a freight toward the distant mountains. In about 43 miles, at the Moffat Tunnel’s East Portal... (more)

Rain is just starting to fall on June 22, 1965, as three units -- 15,000-hp -- roll Extra 79 West down Archer Hill toward a crew change in Cheyenne. The DD35’s represent one of those UP forays i... (more)

On the way to San Jose, Southern Pacific Peninsula commuter train 122 accelerates out of Bayshore in South San Francisco on September 29, 1970. Thanks to its quick acceleration, Fairbanks Morse Tr... (more)

Ten miles out of Denver, Rio Grande rear-end helpers F7A’s 5631 and 5734 dig in at Wolhurst, start of the climb to Palmer divide on the famous Joint Line. SD9 5313 and an F7B are hard at work on... (more)

Head-end business is the lubrication that keep the wheels turning on Santa Fe’s train 23, the Grand Canyon, crossing the Cimarron River at the southern edge of Springer, New Mexico, on July 27, ... (more)

The westbound Grand Canyon has come and gone, and the Raton Pass helpers, Alco RSD7 609 with RSD5 2158, bask in the July heat at the Raton engine terminal. In the cool of the evening, they’ll ta... (more)