It's 30 minutes after sunrise, as this loaded concrete tie train led by an aging Warbonnet C40-8W and BNSF GEVO crosses over a county road just north of Wellington, Colorado near Owl Canyon.

The Continental Divide is still cloaked in white on April 26, 2000, as an eastbound Union Pacific coal train descends out of Tolland Colorado. A pair of GE AC4400CWs lead the train, with Chicago a... (more)

Two Burlington Northern Santa Fe SD40-2s lead the eastbound “beer train” through Arvada, Colorado, on September 6, 2000. BNSF’s Golden Subdivision serves the Coors Brewery in Golden (among o... (more)

With some slow orders in effect, the Edgemont, SD to Denver, CO Manifest just rolls along over a small bridge near the Rescar Tank Car Facility in Hudson, CO.

UP 5714 leads a loaded coal train across one of the many bridges in this remote section of Colorado.

Eastbound Coal Loads, under a hint of sun in a foggy valley. (Thank you to Chip S. for acting as tour guide this day.)

The radio units of this empty Xcel Energy train have just returned to the BNSF mainline after depositing a load of carbon at the Xcel Comanche Plant just south of town. Back on the move now, they... (more)

Five Dash 9s and a AC4400CW including a NS "Catfish" and ex ATSF Warbonnet roll down Berthoud Hill over a small creek after meeting the Southbound Laurel - Denver at Longs Peak. The train is runni... (more)

The eastbound California Zephyr crosses the Colorado River as it slows for a station stop at Glenwood Springs.

M&PP's #4, an 1897 product of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, steams up the mainline on a fall afternoon at the world's highest cog railway. This locomotive is believed to be the only operating Vauc... (more)

At 3:37 p.m. on October 21, 2012, a BNSF coal train heads south on the Joint Line over Cherry Creek at Denver, Colorado. Racing the coal train and passing it at speed under Speer Boulevard Bridge ... (more)

UP 844 leads a the 150th Anniversary Train over Sand Creek in northeast Denver. The vantage point is from the new Central Park Blvd overpass near the old Stapleton Airport. The construction on the... (more)

Rio Grand Scenic 18 digs into the grade of La Veta Pass with its five car train.

Westbound empties under high summer clouds

A southbound coal load with some crusty ol' BNSF AC traction diesels.