On October 27, 2012, a westbound UP empty coal train negotiates the Big Ten Curve just after sunrise on UP's Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. Fog still lingers over most of the Denver Metro area as wher... (more)

Summer is just right around the corner, as seen here in the beautiful canyon east of Tolland. Here, Union Pacific's North Yard (Denver), Colo., to Phippsburg, Colo., manifest led by ES44AC no. 751... (more)

After enjoying a wonderful dinner with close friends at The Capital Grille, we headed straight for the Metra station at La Fox along Union Pacific's Geneva Subdivision. Storms kept moving in from ... (more)

A UP Section Gang performs a rope burn on a section of rail on a siding in the yard at La Salle, CO. One of the worker swings a sledge hammer on the rail to place it back into position.

Amtrak passengers enjoy the late afternoon sun from the Sightseer Lounge as we pass a loaded coal train that is parked in the siding at Barr, Colorado.

Thunderstorms continue to develop over the Denver area as some sunlight peeks out of some clouds just as a Kirvin, TX to Buckskin Mine, WY Empty Coal Train trundles along on Berthoud Hill with a l... (more)

After meeting the hot Salt Lake City - Denver Z-Train at Greeley, Union Pacific "CNW Heritage" SD70ACe No. 1995 heads north with 100 loaded coal hoppers from West Elk Mine, Colorado thro... (more)

For anyone familiar with BNSF's Front Range Subdivision, there are two things in this photo that are an uncommon sight: 1) It's a triple meet. The subdivision doesn't have that much traffic for... (more)

An April snowstorm dumped over three feet of fresh wet snow up in Colorado's high country. Seen here, a westbound unit train consisting of all empty gondolas notches up after getting a light out o... (more)

Union Pacific ES44AC No. 7348 leads two AC4400CW's, including a patched SP eastbound on the 2CWEKS9 15 with 79 coal loads along the Colorado River just outside of Dotsero, Colorado along the Dotse... (more)

A thunderstorm moves across the rural landscape as an eastbound manifest led by Union Pacific AC4400CW No. 6631 descends Sherman Hill at Granite, Wyoming on July 18, 2016.

As the sun continues to descend in the western skies above the Rocky Mountains, the Longmont Turn slowly rolls along the Jointed Rail on the Lyons Branch near Hygiene.

It's a gorgeous morning as Union Pacific's Roper Yard (Salt Lake City), Utah to North Yard (Denver), Colo., manifest rounds the curve at Tolland over South Boulder Creek. The train has just met th... (more)

A former Northwestern Pacific SD9 sits next to the Great Western Sugar Mill in Longmont, CO. This unit is generally used as a switcher here that switches around grain hoppers to and from the BNSF ... (more)

The annual Cheyenne Frontier Days special races through the town of Fort Lupton, CO along the former Denver Pacific route between Denver and Cheyenne. Normally this train is powered by UP no. 844 ... (more)