Having just cut off it’s consist, seen sitting on the siding in the background, the power for the Ski Train runs around the train. The ski train will wait here until late afternoon when it will ... (more)

One locomotive for each car! A very short Pikes Peak Local passes in front of the former DRGW Colorado Springs depot.

A loaded coal train works its way towards Palmer Lake, seen here leaving Castle Rock.

Two SD40-2’s lead the Pikes Peak Local, consisting of all autoracks, south to the Big Lift auto facility.

Coal loads head across Santa Fe Dr. with all EMD up front. The bridge shadow is from Track 2.

844 and centennial 6936 lay over at Denver’s Union Station, before the big re-development. The Amtrak unit is a backup that did end up being used this day. And the Ski train is waiting on the ne... (more)

Steve Lee holds a hand out the window, as the big Northern and centennial unit lean into a curve at Platteville.

Local power waits in The Golden yard on a cold winter morning.

Two sets of local power getting trains ready for the day in Golden. Second set of power is 2 SD40-2’s

The rear DPU’s on a loaded coal train dig in to the grade for the climb to Palmer Lake.

The veterans unit leads the Cheyenne Frontier Days train back towards Wyoming passing one of many fields in northern Colorado, while racing away from a thunderstorm in the background.

A nearly 6 hour late late westbound Amtrak California Sephyr leaves Denver behind, and begins its assault on the front range.

Local power idles off in the distance, while 2 former ATSF cabooses sit on a side track! Though nothing of their former glory and graffiti covered, great to find two same roadname Cabeese in the s... (more)

Having just spotted its train, 844 pauses briefly before cutting off the train and moving to a seperate track. The water tank in the background is of D&SL heritage from when steam locos frequented... (more)

After uncoupling from UP1943 and the rest of the train, 844 backs onto a side track in the former DRGW North Yard, where the crew will prepare the engine and train for the Saturday morning trip to... (more)