Ruby Canyon does not see too many trains anymore, with Union Pacific diverting the majority of traffic through Wyoming. On this day, however, a westbound rail train led by a UP SD60 an a UP SD70M ... (more)

This train is progressing down the 0.68% grade just east of Colton. Note that the train is not following the right-hand rule, running the "wrong way" on main one.

Amtrak Above the Clouds The weather in the Denver-Metro area is weird this morning. Once or twice a year, the ground is warm enough and the air cools enough overnight to create a layer of ... (more)

While waiting for passengers to board the Ski Train, the private car "Kansas" (formerly the "Wilson McCarthy") sits in the OS section at the east end of Winter Park. A classic Rio Grande signals s... (more)

Making track speed (70 MPH), the westbound Zephyr just hit the detector at MP 375.4 between Newcastle and Silt on UP's Glenwood Springs Subdivision. One of the P42DCs on the Zephyr stopped loading... (more)

The westbound Rocky Mountaineer: Rockies to the Red Rocks emerges from the shortest tunnel in the Tunnel District, Tunnel 29. The tunnel is only 78 feet long! The train has been following South Bo... (more)

It is a quiet Colorado morning in the snow and the Ski Train is running about 25 minutes late as it rounds the curve at the base of Coal Creek Canyon just below tunnel one.

Southern Pacific power is still used quite extensively as power for coal trains on the North Fork branch. This coal empty is being powered by two SP AC4400CWs.

On June 4, 2016, BNSF ran an Employee Appreciation Special north out of Denver, CO at 1300 and 1800. The train ran up BNSF's Front Range Sub to Boulder and back. Employees not working were free to... (more)

An eastbound coal load emerges from the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel.

UP 844 leads up the Valley Eagle east out of Cheyenne at Archer. The temperature outside was about 20°F. With the 25 MPH sustained winds factored in, that dropped down to about 5°F! Hot steam an... (more)

Everybody Loves a Big Boy!
UP's Big Boy made the second-to-last leg of its 2021 summer journey from Sharon Springs, KS to Denver, CO on Sunday, September 5, 2021. As is typical, the tr... (more)

A quiet Colorado morning the day after a foot of snow fell in the second blizzard in 9 days. UP coal load is tied down on the siding at Leyden amongst the fog that has set in due to chilly early m... (more)

The clouds were set up just perfect in the eastern sky to produce a fiery sunrise along the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies. Orange and red reflect from the rails at the west switch of Leyden ... (more)

On a clear Colorado morning, the MRONY crosses the newly rebuilt bridge just east of Tolland on its trek east.