For my 3,500th photo I offer something a bit different. A reminder of the many times as railfans, when a day of chasing turns up no trains, we seek out other ways to capture the beauty of nature ... (more)

With a snow covered Longs Peak looming in the background, three MACs lead a freight through Longmont, Colorado.

A colorful pair of BNSF engines sit waiting in the snow for orders to go to the Denver Yard.

In the last catch before the Zephyr left the Front Range, we see the two Chargers and a Genesis climb the steep grade in falling snow towards Tunnel #1 on the Moffat Line.

A symbolic image as the new Siemens Challenger SC-44 faces off against the aging GE P42DC Genesis engines. A changing of the guard is coming for the California Zephyr.

Before climbing the steep grade to the Moffat Line Tunnel #1, the new Siemens Chargers lead the California Zephyr in the snow through the tight horseshoe turn at the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon. ... (more)

Running the new Siemens SC-44 Chargers on the point of the California Zephyr through the Colorado Rocky Mountains provided a good test for high altitude running in sub-freezing temperatures and sn... (more)

In light snow and sub-freezing conditions a ground person updates the crew of Charger 4628 as it sits in the Denver Union Station while passengers load. These Chargers are impressive, with a slig... (more)

It is lightly snowing as two Siemens SC-44 Chargers, on point for the morning California Zephyr, sit on Track 2 at Denver's Union Station. On Track 1 sits Amtrak's Colorado Ski Train. This is the... (more)

BNSF 2718 (GP39-2) pulls a small freight through the stockyards in central Denver.

A ghostly BNSF 6948 (ES44C4) leads a freight through sub-freezing temps and dense fog as it runs on the Moffat Line at Coal Creek Canyon.

RTD has invested heavily in the Hyundai Rotem USA Eagle P3 commuter train cars. They are 85 feet long, they run in pairs of two's, can seat 90 passengers or 170 with people standing, and can trav... (more)

It does not get much more urban than the Denver Union Station, which hosts two California Zephyr Amtrak trains per day, a third Amtrak train (the Colorado Ski Train) on Friday - Sunday, and hundre... (more)

Denver's Regional Transportation District (RTD) commuter train 4059 (Hyundai Eagle P3) arrives at Denver's Union Station on track 1 as an outbound is leaving for Denver International Airport. If ... (more)

BNSF 7901 (ES44AC) leads a freight along the lower cut on the Front Range Sub through Broomfield, Colorado.