On a cold and windy morning along the Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains, Union Pacific 6559 drags a westbound coal train through the red mountains near Burns, Colorado. Burns was named after th... (more)

Completed in 1934, the Dotsero Cutoff was built by the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad in order to shorten the journey between Denver and Salt Lake City. Previously, westbound trains at Denve... (more)