Not much to say in this caption that the picture doesn't say for itself! Unveiled at a ceremony in Denver, CO today.

The first three units from the Longmont Turn seen here after the Turn derailed the night before. BNSF 8105 didn't fall completely over, but BNSF 9801 (SD70MAC) and BNSF 143 (GP60M) weren't so luck... (more)

The weather was all over the place on this June morning as the eastbound California Zephyr heads east through the Utah Desert. While I'd like to say the lightning was planned, I didn't even know I... (more)

The Ski Train is gaining Altitude with some Attitude! For the second weekend in a row, UP 1989 (the Rio Grande Heritage Unit) leads the train over South Boulder Creek just east of the siding of Cl... (more)

OmniTRAX switcher 1451 had been helping out at the Coors Brewery in Golden, CO. The switcher was being returned to Loveland, CO when the Longmont Turn derailed. The pileup behind the switcher is q... (more)

Sunday morning around 10:30am, a westbound coal load headed for Amarillo, TX derailed on BNSF's Brush Subdivision on the west side of Hudson, CO, about 30 miles northeast of Denver. Here, crews ar... (more)

North meets south at "The Sag" a few miles north of Palmer Lake on the Joint line. The coal train to the right on Main 1 is stopped, cooling its traction motors after the long climb up P... (more)

High winds led to several snow drifts across the rails along the Front Range. The Rio Grande Heritage Unit leads the Ski Train through one such drift.

Around 10:30pm the night before, BNSF's Longmont Turn struck a tree stump deliberately placed on the tracks. The lead unit, BNSF 8105, somehow managed to stay mostly upright.

The signal at the east switch of Mounds appears clearly thanks to the lights from the town of Wellington, UT over the horizon. This was a 30 minute shot taken with a Canon Digital Rebel XT. The st... (more)

The 2006 Winter Ski Train makes the first of 43 runs as it passes the location known as Chemical right on time at 7:50am.

A rare morning thunderstorm, currently over the City of Boulder, creates some amazing contrast in the sky as partly cloudy skies dominate to the east over the plains. Under the unusual skies, we f... (more)

The westbound California Zephyr passes through a Winter Wonderland in the midst of the area known as the Tunnel District. This is on UP's Moffat Tunnel Subdivision, located about 26 miles west of ... (more)

Union Pacific's latest specially-painted engine, UP 1979, is on display at North Yard, UP's main yard in Denver. This scheme is known as the "We are ONE" scheme, and it depicts the nine Employee R... (more)

On a Perfect July morning, UPs three E9s and DDA40X lead up the Cheyenne Frontier Days passenger special. The train had a good run up the Greeley Sub, arriving in Cheyenne shortly before 10am. Her... (more)