The snow is falling fast in Denver, Colorado, coating BNSF 9083 (SD70ACe) and other motors waiting in the yard at the BNSF engine servicing facility.

Executive BNSF 9709 (SD70MAC) leads the beer train from the yard adjacent to the Molson Coors brewery in Golden, Colorado. Once the crew does a final inspection they will board the engine and head... (more)

It looks like someone's been playing in the Moffat Tunnel.

The Colorado Railroad Museum has a wonderful collection of vintage steam engines, including UP 4455, a Lima Locomotive Works 0-6-0 which was working at a cement company in Wyoming until 1970. Hop... (more)

Here we see the four color schemes of the BNSF, including Heritage Orange, AT&SF Warbonnet silver & red, AT&SF Bluebonnet blue & yellow and Burlington Northern Cascade Green. Too bad an Executive... (more)

The Union Pacific's Big Boy #4014 gets ready to leave the Cheyenne Yard for a test run to Speer so that the steam team can turn the train around for the run to Omaha, Nebraska.

The sun is just starting to peek over the horizon as UP 844 repositions in the UP's North Yard to lash up with UP 1943 and the numerous passenger cars that will take railfans to Cheyenne, Wyoming ... (more)

'Blue Hour' at the North Yard. The North Yard crews are getting an early start to the day. Although sunrise is still 15 minutes away, the blue hue of the hour is beginning to catch a few hints of ... (more)

UP 5427 (ES44AC) has just run through the Rocky Mountains via the Moffat Tunnel Sub as part of a trio of helper engines sandwiched between two cuts of coal cars. They have separated and will head ... (more)

There are almost as many visitors to the BNSF engine servicing facility as there are pumpkins. Sharp eyed viewers will notice 4 UP, 2 CSX and 2 NS ponies in the pumpkin patch.

Rio Grande Southern Galloping Goose #7 makes the circuit around the Colorado Railroad Museum. The museum will often run their various engines on the weekends.

Three UP engines wait in the Pueblo, Colorado yard for orders. In the foreground is what's left of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad turntable and roundhouse. The facility was huge, with ... (more)

Colorado Central #40 (2-8-0) was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1912 and worked in Central America. In 1972 it was sold to the Colorado Central Narrow Gauge Railroad Company in Central ... (more)

BNSF 2828 was originally built as a GP30 in 1962 for the CB&Q and painted in the iconic Burlington red and white scheme. It was later acquired by the Burlington Northern and wore a Cascade Green ... (more)

The Royal Gorge Railroad uses a combination of closed and open top passenger cars to allow riders to see the full splendor of the Arkansas River valley through which the track winds.