The hot Chicago, IL to Denver, CO races westward out of the rural community of Keenesburg, CO.

BNSF's Buck Local heads for its home yard of Longmont as it passes through Longs Peak on New Years Day 2023.

Traffic is starting to get busy on a late spring afternoon at the top Palmer Lake on Colorado's Joint Line. On BNSF Main 1, a loaded coal train slowly grinds towards "The Sag"; the stop ... (more)

A freshly painted UP 6900, sporting UP's new paint scheme, leads a loaded rail train up the Palmer Divide towards the summit at Palmer Lake.

Racing down the Palmer Divide, UP's empty Cochise coal train races out of Larkspur towards Castle Rock.

UP's empty Cochise, AZ coal train heads back towards Wyoming's North Antelope Mine as a fast moving afternoon thunderstorm approaches Palmer Lake.

UP 4014 runs along Highway 26 on the South Morrill Sub after passing through the town of Oshkosh, NE.

After running from Cheyenne, WY to Gering, NE via the Yoder Sub, UP 4014 rest for the night before continuing to North Platte the following morning.

UP's 4-8-8-4 Big Boy #4014 approaches the rules community of Hawk Springs during its "Home Run Express" tour.

Seeing some rare mileage on its "Home Run Express Tour", UP's 4-8-8-4 Big Boy #4014 makes its way over the lonely Yoder Subdivision as it leaves the Overland Route behind at Egbert Jct. ... (more)

Seeing some rare mileage on its "Home Run Express Tour", UP's 4-8-8-4 Big Boy #4014 makes its way over the lonely Yoder Subdivision as it approaches the Albin Tunnel.

UP's Big Boy steam locomotive #4014 heads east of Cheyenne, Wy for Gering, NE on the first leg of it's "Home Run Express Tour" to Omaha for NCAA College Baseball World Series. Here, 4014... (more)

A 124 carload coal train slowly grinds up the grade of the Joint Line as it approaches the control point of Castle Rock as a thunderhead forms in the background.

UP's North Antelope Mine, WY to Cochise, AZ coal train rounds the curve of Sedalia as the late spring sun starts to dip behind the Rocky Mountains to the west.

UP's North Antelope Mine, WY to Cochise, AZ coal train has no issue battling the heavy grade of Castle Rock with 5 motors total pulling the 118 car train. In the background, a spring time thunders... (more)