Union Pacific’s West Local out of Denver, powered by a trio of Rio Grande EMD GP40-2s, descends off Rocky Spur at Rocky, Colorado, on the afternoon of December 27, 2001.
The morning California Zephyr heads up the hill towards Big Ten Curve as a BNSF oil can train comes down the upper portion. This shot give you a sense of the grade as the elevation changes from t... (more)
The passengers on the California Zephyr were greeted with a strong September snow storm as they passed through the Moffat Tunnel and the continental divide and dropped down the Front Range towards... (more)
On the afternoon of May 28, 2000, Santa Fe GE C40-8W No. 846, along with a pair of Heritage II C44-9Ws, leads a westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe manifest out of Rocky Colorado. The train is ... (more)