The sun has just risen over the Colorado Prairie as a westbound empty coal train with some extra power being shuttled west makes its way out of the Greater Denver area through Barbers Gulch just w... (more)

Several GEs lead a coal empty around Big Ten Curve as fog settles over the Denver Metro Area just after sunrise.

A deadhead move of some Union Pacific passenger cars from Roseville to Council Bluffs still rated some clean engines in the form of SD70ACe's 8775 and 8715. They are seen heading Eastbound down th... (more)

After dropping down grade from Tunnel 1, Amtrak #6, the California Zephyr sweeps around curves on the approach to Blue Mountain Road on their way to Denver and eventually Chicago.

Amtrak #6, the California Zephyr is seen making good time after negotiating the Big Ten Curve and is seen rolling through Rocky.

What a perfect day for grinding rail --- snowy, cold and overcast ten miles west of Denver with little chance of causing grass or brush fires. Loram RG8 is westbound at walking speed.

It's rare to see the Rocky Local go up the mountain and this is no exception. The local is seen rounding the curve at Blue Mountain Road at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. They had to go to Pinecli... (more)

Rounding the curve at Big Ten Curve, Amtrak #6 coasts downgrade past the wind break placed here by the DRGW and on the approach towards Rocky and eventually Denver.

You can't go wrong with the Flat Irons shot from Plainview. An SD70MAC, an SD70ACe and an ES44DC lead BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest down the main at the grade crossing near the east end of the Hous... (more)

After meeting each other at Rocky, the MNYGJ continues west on the main at Clay while an empty ballast train passes by the intermediate signal at MP 16.1. The distance between the trains has expan... (more)

SP 9333 looks good in the then new SP Speed Lettering scheme as the 2nd out Tunnel Motor graphically portrays how most of the SP engines looked at this time! This Eastbound loaded coal train bound... (more)

East and west manifest trains meet at Rocky siding

The trailing DPU's on this eastbound coal train show the extreme grade this train is descending.

The 7 unit head end (6 units visible) of this westbound coal train is climbing the steep grade to Tunnel 1 as the rest of the train is still snaking through the curve at a much lower elevation.