To avoid having BNSF's Front Range Sub from crossing UP's four main tracks using diamonds, a grade separation exists in Cheyenne. Here, a UP intermodal train crosses underneath a BNSF intermodal t... (more)

It is only five minutes after sunrise at 5:45am as the eastbound MPVNY winds through the curves at Blue Mountain, 22 miles west of Denver on UP's Moffat Tunnel Subdivision.

The local weather service had said there might be a light dusting of snow overnight, totaling less than one inch. People in the Denver-Metro area were therefore caught off guard when waking up to ... (more)

On a beautiful June morning, an IPPX Utah Railway coal empty descends along the Price River at Kyune. This train will load at the recently reactivated Wildcat Loadout, about six miles beyond Marti... (more)

It is 9:30am and Amtrak 6 is running about 45 minutes late. This picture was taken from atop one of the many dirt mounds that can be found in the desert. This particular mound is about halfway bet... (more)

The Ski Train sits patiently waiting in the siding at Fraser. Around 3:15pm, UP DS-82 will give the Ski Train a green signal east to head back to Winter Park to pick up its passengers.

The California Zephyr passes the new housing development (called Alkire Estates) at Leyden under cloudy skies on its journey west.

As quickly as it came to Denver, it left Denver! UP 1996 came in on the MNYRO the day before. After a night in Denver, it was setup as the sole DPU on the tail end of the MNYRO. Back to Utah! A... (more)

An eastbound coal load makes its way through the S-Curves at Coal Creek and Blue Mountain on a soggy September morning. The train, sneaking beneath low-hanging clouds, loaded at the Energy Mine on... (more)

A pair of brand new BNSF ES44C4s lead this Tacoma, WA to Denver, CO train around the "big fill" in Westminster. Interesting how much these 25 units have made it around BNSF's system!

The twice-daily Beer Run slowly makes its way west through the Olivet Cemetary on the west edge of Arvada.

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.

Fall colors are already near their peak on the last official day of summer. This eastbound coal load crosses over South Boulder Creek on its way toward Denver.

For the first time since the "Retro-Belle" scheme was released, one such unit leads a train over UP's Moffat Tunnel Sub (ex-DRGW). The unit is on the point of a BNSF trackage rights train coming f... (more)

With the snow capped Rockies in the background, this eastbound UP coal load is approaching the grade crossing at 72nd Avenue on the last leg of its Moffat Sub journey.