The last mainline with semaphore signals only sees two trains a day now, but a good day can still be had with Amtraks #3 and #4. On May 9, the crew was friendly, the train was on time, and we were... (more)

With the exception of different numbers, this photo could have been any time in the last 30 years. 3 ex-BN SD40-2s lead the southbound Longmont switch up the 1.8% Derby Hill that runs from south L... (more)

A long-gone operation, the daily Andesite Rock Company train heads north from Rolla, CO, back to Carr and Granite, WY, for another load. DAIR 2701 and 2801 pull the train through Greeley siding af... (more)

September 28 was the first full day of Chama Steam's Fall Madness, 4 days of 463 pulling a photo freight back and forth over the line. Unfortunately, this day was less than ideal weather-wise. Th... (more)

A Pot of Gold in Chama! After a 15-car doubleheader Saturday morning, a 10-car train 215 came into Chama with little fanfare, a lot of it in rain. After the train let everyone off, they pulled for... (more)

C&TS Train 215 drops down the 4% Cumbres Pass, having just crossed the Colorado-New Mexico state line for the final time of the trip. Because this train is 10 cars, it appears to still be coming ... (more)

September 27th and 28th saw peak fall colors on Cumbres Pass, and here it's easy to see why! C&TS 487 brings 10 cars down the 4%, just past the old siding of Coxo. The first 3 of these cars were... (more)

After bringing 15 cars of happy passengers up the 4% grade from Chama, Cumbres & Toltec K36 #488 has just stopped at the top to fill its tender with water before uncoupling to head back to Chama. ... (more)

A normal train running up the 4% grade out of Chama is 7 cars. There are 4 coaches, a rider gondola, and 2 parlor cars. Occasionally, ticket sales increase to the point where some extra cars need ... (more)

UP 844 and UP 6936 lead the annual Denver Post-sponsored Cheyenne Frontier Days train out of Nunn, CO, on July 23, 2011. At Nunn, the hill to Speer steepens, so the locomotives were working pretty... (more)

UP SD70M #4014 leads UP 4-8-8-4 #4014 and UP SD70M #4884 past Wyoming's iconic snow fences. Unfortunately, these fences were needed overnight and earlier in the day.

After adding a couple riders at Buford, UP 4014 descends Sherman Hill, just 25 or so miles from reaching its final destination of Cheyenne.

On this warm December day, Amtrak #5 is only a minute or so from plowing right through the snow-capped Rocky Mountains dominating scene. The train is approaching East Portal siding as seen from To... (more)

One of BNSF's pre-production test Gevos, an AC4400EV, leads two ES44ACs up Crawford Hill on a coal train bound for the southeast. All 30 test units, BNSF 5718-5747, are in the Heritage 2 paint, ma... (more)

UP 7605 leads an under-powered westbound manifest into the yard at Hanna, WY. The crew was running out of hours due to their slow climb up Sherman Hill (sometimes they were moving at single digit ... (more)