With a bright sunrise coming up over the Brush Sub, BNSF 9069 (SD70ACe) passes the signals just west of Hudson, Colorado.

Chicago Bound Overnight

ZDENCHI flies at track speed up and around the super elevated curve east of Hudson, CO. Textbook light and the Front Range glow in the morning sun.

Fire at Sunrise

The intensity of a vibrant red June sunrise strikes the nose of an eastbound manifest throttling up the grade to Keenesburg. CO.

One of the more attractive paint schemes on a switcher is this Hudson Terminal Railroad's #4027, an ex US Army RS4TC engine built by Baldwin.

BNSF 2548 (GP39-3) leads a cut of oil cans from Hudson to Commerce City, Colorado on the Brush Sub.

A pair of BNSF GP39-3's work the oil can terminal in Hudson, Colorado. After assembling a train they will take the cars to the refinery in Commerce City, Colorado.

BNSF 7970 (ES44C4) leads the Z train through Hudson, Colorado and will arrive in Denver about 30 minutes later.

Hudson Terminal Railroad #4027 (ex US ARMY RS4TC) works the large tank car facility in Hudson Colorado.

Amtrak 192 highballs the California Zephyr through Hudson, Colorado.

Leaving the dark storm skies behind, BNSF 3127 (GP50) leads the Hudson oil can train towards Denver.

The California Zephyr had a rough trip from Chicago, arriving in Denver nearly 10 hours late due to severe storms and flooding in Nebraska.

With the summer sun dipping behind the Rocky Mountains, BNSF's hot Alliance, TX to Portland, OR intermodal train races across the plains of eastern Colorado near Hudson, CO. The three GE motors ha... (more)

The Colorado Front Range is in full purple mountain majesty and standing tall in the distance at Hudson, CO. BNSF 7903 hustles a manifest eastbound on the Brush Subdivision.

An eastbound empty coal train awaits their meet with a westbound Q train just outside of the small town of Hudson, CO just after sunrise on BNSF's Brush Subdivision.

The daily Chicago, IL to Denver, CO UPS train descends down the hill of Keenesburg, towards Hudson, as the crew is an hour away from the final destination for this train.