After sitting for almost 24 hours in the siding at Pinecliffe an eastbound coal train finally makes it east rounding Big Ten Curve with both the head end and mid train DPU's visible.

GP30's 3003 and 3006 return to Denver with a short local.

The California Zephyr begins the climb toward the Continental Divide, somewhere inside the Moffatt Tunnel. Denver is visible on the valley floor below.

A empty coal train approaches Tunnel 1 as it snakes its way up the foothills.

There was a time when the Rio Grande/SP ran grain trains west from Denver. Rio Grande 5342 leads a corn train bound for Fresno around Little 10 curve. In the background is the siding of Clay. Scan... (more)

Ahhh, Spring in Colorado! 3-6 inches of snow fell overnight going into the morning of April 7th. 14 miles west of Denver, the California Zephyr charges westbound through the still-falling white st... (more)

Down at Rocky, a westbound trackage rights BNSF train waits for Amtrak #5 and the Ski Train to clear before continuing uphill on the Moffat Route. This was taken as Amtrak #5 was clearing a loade... (more)

The California Zephyr climbs around the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon toward the tunnel district.

Amtrak #5 is about 12 minutes late (even though it arrived in Denver about 15 minutes early), seen here approaching Tunnel 1 on Colorado's Front Range on a glorious morning.

The Yampa Valley Mail works downhill toward Denver.

A BNSF trackage rights train exits tunnel 3 in UP's Tunnel District as it makes its way to Denver, about 25 track miles away.

A very rare treat finds UP 1989 - The DRGW Heritage Unit - leads the eastbound California Zephyr. Here, the train crosses over Colorado Hwy 72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. If only the bridge ... (more)

The second P42DC in this shot wouldn't load when the Zephyr was in Salt Lake City. As a result, UP 1989 was borrowed from Union Pacific for the trip east to Denver (and ultimately to Chicago). Her... (more)

The typically nocturnal Rio Grande Heritage Unit has made some impressive day trips in the past few weeks. It finally led an eastbound manifest, which arrived in Denver shortly after sunrise. Here... (more)

On this Sunday afternoon, as the storm clouds roll in, the Ski Train makes its final run of the 2009 winter season, passing through Rocky. Little would we know that 23 days later, the Ski Train wo... (more)