In gorgeous, late afternoon sun, Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief drops down the 2-percent part of the grade on Raton Pass with Fisher Peak in the background on May 21, 2016.

Two E9's and a DDA40X lead thr annual Cheyenne Frontier Days Special around the curve south of Speer, WY at Terry Ranch Road.

The snow capped continental divide provide an exquisite backdrop as BNSF C44-9W No. 5469 leads another Dash 9 and Kansas City Southern AC4400CW on the Provo, Utah to Denver, Colorado manifest as t... (more)

A nice assortment of power, including a GP40X sits along side a giant grain elevator in Brush.

After doing work on the Lafayette Branch, the Buck Local powered by two "Heritage Two" painted B40-8W's takes their power so they can run around their train at Broomfield, Colorado just ... (more)

It's Going To Be A Bumpy Ride A lone ex Utah Railway EMD SD35 trundles down VERY worn out track that is part of the old Welty Branch in Johnstown.

It's a mostly cloudy July morning as Cumbres & Toltec K-36 No. 489 leads the fireman/engineer school train up the grade towards Cumbres Pass at Dalton, New Mexico on July 21, 2015.

Five units lead the Laurel to Denver manifest as they depart the city of Boulder with Fall Colors still making an appearance in the area.

Everything from electronics to furniture is shipped in these intermodal containers. The most efficient way of transporting consumer goods across the country.

Foreign Power leading trains on Moffat is extremely rare. Here, two NS units lead a BNSF Dash 9 on BNSF's Provo, UT to Denver, CO manifest around the Big Ten Curve west of Denver.

Kirk Orndorff waves at the crew of this westbound Memphis, Tennessee to Arco, Colorado empty coal train. The train is going by the Blue Mountain Road crossing in Coal Creek Canyon.

Built by General Electric in Eria, PA in July 1997, this GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW) is one of many Dash 9s built for the BNSF Railway after the BN/ATSF merger in 1996. At the time these units were de... (more)

The BNSF tracks run down the middle of Atwood Street with five crossings through the neighborhood. Longs Peak Avenue and 3rd Avenue are the only crossings with gates and lights. Here at Longs Peak... (more)

A weather system builds over the continental divide as BNSF's eastbound Provo, Utah to Denver, Colorado trackage rights manifest rounds the curve descending the 2-percent grade at Crescent, Colora... (more)

A relic from the past. This old Union Pacific Caboose has seen many years in service on the Union Pacific system, before cabooses were taken out of service. Withthe caboose sun bathing, it's class... (more)