After meeting each other at Rocky, the MNYGJ continues west on the main at Clay while an empty ballast train passes by the intermediate signal at MP 16.1. The distance between the trains has expan... (more)

If I had to choose one place to spend a day on UP's Limon Sub, it would probably be Cedar Point. The curves in the track offer good views of eastbounds and westbounds for the first half of the day... (more)

Just west of Byers, CO, UP's Limon Sub (commonly knows as the "KP") crosses over the West Bijou Creek on a 47 year old truss bridge. The all-EMD power leads an exceptionally long local (52 cars) e... (more)

Trains on BNSF's Canyon Sub have to cross the North Platte River in order to get in or out of the west end of the yard in Guernsey. Such is the case for this eastbound coal load which is on the br... (more)

UP runs an annual Engineering Special that frequently seems to make its way over the Moffat! Such was the case here as the eastbound special, led by UP 6936, wraps its way through Byers Canyon. Th... (more)

A couple miles north of Ault, UP's MNYNP is rolling north toward Nunn where it will take the siding. UP 6936 was set out in Denver due to mechanical issues after leading an engineering special ove... (more)

This timetable eastbound (geographic southbound) BNSF coal load just came from the North Antelope Mine in the Powder River Basin. We are between Bill, WY and Orin Junction as the train charges ove... (more)

A mere thirty minutes earlier, a huge summer thunder storm dumped dime-sized hail and a LOT of rain. The result was a lot of pools of water that formed along the main tracks in Cheyenne. This east... (more)

Reno Junction is a fantastic spot to watch trains in the Powder River Basin. Case-in-point is this eastbound (actually heading compass south) on Main 3. The train just finished loading at the Blac... (more)

Ahhh, Spring in Colorado! 3-6 inches of snow fell overnight going into the morning of April 7th. 14 miles west of Denver, the California Zephyr charges westbound through the still-falling white st... (more)

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)

The small town of Greenland, CO has several photogenic features. One of those features in this big red barn which lies between the northbound and southbound mains. Here, a southbound BNSF coal loa... (more)

After stopping briefly in "the sag" to cool its traction motors, this Texas-bound coal load is pulling again as it approach the top of the Palmer Divide in Palmer Lake.

A very rare treat finds UP 1989 - The DRGW Heritage Unit - leads the eastbound California Zephyr. Here, the train crosses over Colorado Hwy 72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. If only the bridge ... (more)

The second P42DC in this shot wouldn't load when the Zephyr was in Salt Lake City. As a result, UP 1989 was borrowed from Union Pacific for the trip east to Denver (and ultimately to Chicago). Her... (more)