Colorado Governor Bill Ritter inauguration 12-car UP special had 4898-4965 departing Denver on cold, snowy January Saturday afternoon. Train departed Cheyenne deadheading to Greeley. Passengers bo... (more)

BNSF trackage rights train on UP. Galesburg, IL to Riverbank, CA. Note SD45B third unit. Gross Dam at left provides water to thirsty Front Range communities.

OmniTrax 713 is still lettered/painted for Central Kansas Rly. The ex-ATSF unit works with two other ex-ATSF GP-7's at the brewery and North Yard, Ft. Collins.

BN number board had red background with white numbers.

Rochester Chapter, NRHS, rec'd retired Kodak plant (Rochester, NY) switcher. Unit operational and used to build track at museum site.

Baldwin-Westinghouse built May 1921 for Northeast Oklahoma Rly, 2. Sold to Crandic 1940 renumbered 57. Sold to Kansas City Kaw Valley RR, 505, in 1954. IATR acquired car 1963 and renumbered to 51... (more)

KCS 723 and 724 made a rare appearance on sb BN coal load climbing the Palmer Divide. The KCS GE units (2000-series) show up in Colorado on rare occasions in 2005.

Northbound coal empty distributed power unit BNSF 8976 rolls past maintenance of way workers entering 31st Street Yard. Crews will be changed before departing Denver for the Brush Subdivision.

Northbound BNSF Denver to Laurel, MT, departs the Mile High City as UP SD9043MAC 8157 makes light power move with North Yard hostlers. Construction was underway summer 2004 on UP's Utah Junction ... (more)

UP 15-car empty ballast train from Phippsburg, CO, arrived UP's North Yard where DRGW 5401 came off (no cab signals for run to Cheyenne).

UP 1445 is ex-Denver & Rio Grande Western RR 3129. It passed UP 1989 which was to become the point of sb Denver to Pueblo train that evening.

BNSF's new image 6051 joins old friends at BNSF's 31st Street Yard on coal one on a bitterly cold December day. 6051's train originated Cabollo Rojo Mine, WY. BNSF B23-7 4244 ex-ATSF at left.

Nourthbound Joint Line BNSF coal empty crosses Fountain River. 2nd unit SD70MAC 9858. North Nixon is point UP built connection from main 2 (northward traffic) line into Colorado Springs owned Ni... (more)

Mosquitoes buzzed around us as we captured 261. North Star Rail and the National Railroad Museum signed a 10-year lease for 261 on Nov. 13, 1991. The lease was renewed for another 10-years in 20... (more)

Moving south on Joint Line with 68-cars loaded sulphur tank cars bound for Galveston, TX.