A dynamic golden sunrise frames commuter train RTD 4025 as it makes a run on the G Line from Denver to Arvada, Colorado.

"N Line at Thornton Gravel Ponds" A RTD N Line Test Train heads south past the Thornton Gravel Ponds as seen from E74th Ave in Denver, CO. The "N Line" is RTD's newest ... (more)

"N Line Over the South Platte River" A RTD N Line Test Train heads north over the South Platte River as seen from the Colorado Front Range Trail at Steele Street Park. The "N Line" is RTD'... (more)

UP patched Southern Pacific #6181 (AC4400CW) sits in the BNSF engine servicing facility.

A rare sight is UP 6290 (AC4400CW), one of the last remaining Southern Pacific primes which carries the speed lettering of the SP. Here we see it cross the Rio Grande bridge on the Belt Line whic... (more)

Light power is busy in the Union Pacific's North Yard in Denver, Colorado. UP 1997 has had an interesting career, having been built in 1970 as a GP38AC for Illinois Central, then worked for the M... (more)

BNSF 8060 (ES44C4) brings a freight between the Union Pacific's North Yard and the BNSF intermodal facility as it heads towards the BNSF yard in downtown Denver.

Denver Rock Island Railroad's #553 (SW8) runs across Packinghouse Road as it heads to a customer.

After setting out Amtrak baggage car No. 1222, the head end power of Amtrak train 5, the westbound California Zephyr, backs through Denver Union Terminal trackage back to its train at Denver Union... (more)

An Amtrak baggage car No. 1222 is tied down after being set out by Amtrak train 5, the westbound California Zephyr at Denver Union Station on February 26, 1987. That’s a pretty snazzy Amtrak jacke... (more)

The Glory of Steam

The Union Pacific Big Boy has just leaned into its steam pressure amidst the most glorious of atmospheric conditions. Heavy snow and steam wrap around me and... (more)

BNSF ES44C4 #8393 and various power at the BNSF Denver Diesel Facility 10/8/16.

BNSF GP39M #2897 and SD40-2 #1732 switching at the North end of the yard Denver, CO 10/8/16. In the foreground, construction is underway on the Denver RTD N Line to Eastlake.

BNSF ES44DC #7400 leads H-DENPUE1-01 at Denver, CO 10/01/16. The UP North Yard is on the left, BNSF ramp on the right.

Not long after we touched down in Denver, I found my way over the UP's North Yard (the former DRGW), where a crew was switching with ex MP GP38-2 #712. I apparently missed RailPictures.net contri... (more)