Fresh heavy snow flocks the entire region to the Great Divide on this early Winter day. Eastbound MGJNY with #7082 on the point heavy in lumber and building supplies for Denver from the Pacific ... (more)

First Light at MP 503
Racing the rising sun. I stand in the dark watching the light creep up from my wet vantage point beneath the super elevated curve between MP 503 and 502... (more)

Master of His Vessel
All the right moves and some supporting infrastructure.

Usually only on Wednesday

Bestway Concrete hosts some local businesses for the Union Pacific. To the north the Flatirons stand proud over Boulder. This train will skirt the wes... (more)

Alpenglow at Parkdale

UP1989: PRUDD at Parkdale, CO departs for Pueblo just before sunrise in the Arkansas River valley before the Royal Gorge.

Mishap at the BNSF Denver Shops
Teamwork on a snowy cold morning in Denver, CO. BNSF 9025 gets a helping hand back on the track after running on the ground. 2/6/22

Train Time at Winter Park WPE is Early! And early, daylight savings and backing up an hour blessed us with first light over the Great Divide over Winter Park Resort for the arrival of th... (more)

Experiment at Moffat Tunnel by Anna Huezo I found this charming scene on the "Moffat Road" group on Facebook taken by a local photographer by the name of Ana Huezo. She wowed me on thi... (more)

Amtrak #5, on time with the California Zephyr is passing through the Flatirons in Boulder County near tunnel 3 and 4 amidst a characteristically December Christmas week deep in the Tunnel District... (more)

Colorado River Majesty

In its most intense form and repeat visits at various times of the year, the iron in these rocks will play a ballet with the tertiary pallet. Union Pacif... (more)

Icicles, Blue Hour, and Snow

Snow flakes glisten in the headlight beam of #491 while taking water at the tank. Nearly a foot of snow fell on this day, just right for some shots... (more)

Honorary Steam Locomotive Both EMD ACe’s throw enough black smoke to fool the most avid steam fan into thinking this was a steam photo charter! Not an Alco even, certainly not Tier 4... (more)

Live to Fight Another Day

The battle for the mountain was fought hard on this day, stopped by ice, tomorrow may bring victory. OY is slowly returning home after a day of ... (more)

Last Light on the Sherman Granite

A slow moving Z train is moving past the Great Pink Panther moments after sunset near Sherman Hill. A truly southwest sunset, purples, reds, ... (more)

The California Zephyr Amtrak’s #5 is westbound from Denver, CO high along the Flatiron Range in rural Boulder County in the heart of the tunnel district between tunnel 7 and 8. Today Amtrak Heri... (more)