Union Pacific 6654 storms out of the Coal Creek drainage, and up the 1% grade. The conductor on the adjacent coal load gives a roll bye inspection. Coal creek mine is in the distance, and is near ... (more)

Three Grinstien SD70macs make their way around the horseshoe towards Breezy Point. The grade here is 1.55% and the train has 4 SD40-2s pushing hard on the rear.... The landscape here looks very mu... (more)

Three Southern Pacific GP40-2 pull empty ballast train into Minturn for a crew change. Ballast trains for the pit at used 4 axle locomotives for the light and twisting trackage.

Big MAC Attack! Two 6000 Horsepower SD90MAC-H locomotives drag a lumber laden manifest upgrade at Bealville.

A quartet of Rio Grande Tunnel Motors pull the grade in South Boulder Canyon. The curve approaching Tunnel 29 is one of the sharpest on the ex DRGW mainlines... The Daily Denver-Roper manifest was... (more)

Amtrak pulls west thru Little Gore Canyon... I personally like this earlier paint much better.....

A classic quartet of old warriors charges up the 1% grade in Little Gore Canyon. This was a typical consist on early BNSF trackage rights trains over the Moffat Road.

A new BNSF C44-9w climbs out of Caliente with a southbound high-tonnage freight. There is also a northbound intermodal leaving Caliente on the left of the picture....

A heavy eastbound coal load pulls the Mitchell curves with 3 new AC4400 locomotives... The AC locomotives changed mountain railroading forever, the high traction and incredible dynamic braking ma... (more)

In typical Colorado summer monsoon weather, a eastbound coal load struggles under stormy skies. The heavy coal train is closing in on the last of the 3% grade before ducking into Tennessee Pass T... (more)

A rare SP GP40P-2 sits awaiting its next assignment in Bloomington, IL

Santa Fe 889 leads a hot intermodal train up the 2.1% grade at Tunnel 2. The Super Fleet motor still didn't look too bad yet in 2002...

Warbonnet BNSF 8296 leads a southbound stacker at Bealville, California. The SD75m was not the most successful locomotive EMD ever made, but it certainly looked good in Red and Silver....

Two Southern Pacific AC4400 locomotives crawl up Winter Park Hill. It is at this point the entire train is on the twisting 2% Winter Park Hill. If a train makes it past Kings Crossing it is likely... (more)

Two SD45 locomotives lead a westbound manifest down Tennessee Pass. Running trains down a grade this steep took great skill... The engineers that ran trains over Tennessee Pass, that have not ret... (more)