Big Oil Sunrise at the Great Divide

Of aerials and the Moffat Road, oil and wings roll out of the valley below the Great Divide at East Portal within an hour of sunrise. Sh... (more)

BNSF ACe 9256 runs across the Rio Grande Bridge at Monument, Colorado.

The Power of the Wind

Dedicated Union Pacific Vestas loads designed for windmill energy power over the ATSF bridge south of Larkspur, CO in a befitting early Spring day. Impend... (more)

Snow and single digit temperatures greet BNSF 5816 (ES44AC) as it muscles a loaded coal train over the historic Santa Fe Bridge on the Joint Line in Larkspur, Colorado.

After arriving in Denver, 844 and this years Cheyenne Frontier Days Train wyed, before heading down the Belt Line Connection to North Yard. Here the train is crossing over the S. Platte River on t... (more)

OmniTRAX 3123 (SD40M-2) runs long hood forward as it pulls a freight over the Cache La Poudre River in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Cascade Chasm

Cumbres and Toltec 487, a Mikado built for the Denver and Rio Grande Western, steams across Cascade Trestle between Osier and Cumbres Colorado.

"N Line Over the South Platte River" A RTD N Line Test Train heads north over the South Platte River as seen from the Colorado Front Range Trail at Steele Street Park. The "N Line" is RTD'... (more)

BNSF 6017, fresh out of being repainted into the 25th Anniversary scheme, pulls a southbound coal load across the old Santa Fe bridge, at Larkspur, CO, on Sept 5, 2020.

BNSF 6184 (ES44AC) shoves a long hopper train through the refineries in Commerce City on its way to Denver.

Nearly Home over the Rio Chama

Rotary OY and team spent the day fighting snow on the mountain and returning home over the bridge at Dolce, NM. The warm light of this sunset hid... (more)

A massive wildfire in the Colorado Rocky Mountains necessitated the use by the BNSF of the Union Pacific's Greeley sub to temporarily reroute trains through Wyoming. Because of the lack of famili... (more)

Over the Arroyo at Deer Trail

Over the dry arroyo near Deer Trail, CO, Union Pacific The Big Boy #4014 rolls over the open prairie of a very Colorado eastern plains scene. Th... (more)

The Georgetown Loop Railroad uses a variety of steam and diesel engines to run between Georgetown and Silver Plume. The trains pass over the Devils Gate Trestle, a nine story high structure origi... (more)

BNSF 8171 (ES44C4) crosses a bridge in Greenland, Colorado that still sports the iconic Rio Grande lettering.