Three brand new BNSF SD70ACe's lead their first loaded coal train run down the grade just east of the Moffat Tunnel on the former DRGW mainline. The snow capped continental divide provide a nice b... (more)

After meeting Amtrak no. 5 and getting a relief crew at Tolland, Union Pacific's Energy Mine, Colo., to Valmont (Boulder), Colo., loaded coal train rounds the curve over South Boulder Creek as the... (more)

A CitiRail leased ES44AC no. 1331 and two BNSF C44-9W's ease the Provo, UT to Denver, CO manifest down the grade from Big Ten Curve. The Denver Skyline and suburbs can be seen in the background.

A handful of clouds build up over the mountains as BNSF's Cheyenne, Wyo., to Denver, Colo., manifest heads south out of Boulder led by three GEVO's and two dead-in-tow Hudson Bay Railway GP35's, n... (more)

It's a pleasant evening here in Hygiene, Colorado as the Longmont Turn led by a lone Smurf GP38-2 rolls along the 10 MPH jointed rail next to Sunset Pond on the old CB&Q Lyons Branch.

A cold and snowy early Sunday morning brings peace and silence in the old neighborhood along Atwood Street in Longmont, Colorado. However, that is interrupted by an empty coal train led by BNSF SD... (more)

Minutes after the sun went away, running over eight and a half hours late, Amtrak #5, the California Zephyr climbs the 2% grade through Coal Creek Canyon up towards Tunnel #1.

The sun peeks out for a brief moment after a series of thunderstorms dumped rain and hail along the Front Range. Seen here, an empty sand train races into the setting sun just outside of Niwot, Co... (more)

Between July 23rd and July 29th, BNSF shut down the Front Range Subdivision between Laurel Street and Cherry Street to replace the entire section of Mason Street with new track. Sadly, an era of t... (more)

BNSF ES44C4 No. 8001 and NS C44-9W No. 9174 help shove a lengthy westbound BNSF trackage rights manifest up the 2-percent grade at East Portal, Colorado on September 24, 2016. The train has less t... (more)

Being born in the early 90s, I never got to experience big-time mountain railroading on both Tennessee Pass and Raton Pass. When Tennesee Pass closed in 1997, Raton Pass continued to host freight ... (more)

On this chilly Super Bowl Sunday morning, the Tacoma, WA to OMAHA!, NE stack train rolls right on through Longmont along Atwood Street.

One mistake can cost someones life... At Hudson, HWY 52 crosses the tracks in town near the local businesses and homes. Trains don't go slow through town and if one doesn't be careful, they... (more)

Just after sunset, a westbound BNSF Chicago-Denver UPS train races over Box Elder Creek east of Hudson, Colorado, on September 7, 2019.

A mixture of sounds from EMD's 16-710 prime mover, along with the new 12-1010, and dynamics fills the air as a test train from Denver to Tabernash, Colorado makes its way up the 2-percent grade in... (more)