The second of three northbound coal empties led by two SD70ACes heads north into Boulder, CO through Legion Park on a sunny Wednesday afternoon.

Two BNSF C44-9W's lead elephant style on the Tacoma, WA to Omaha, NE stack train at Legion Park in Boulder, CO on October 03, 2014.

Just before the sun sets behind the Front Range Foothills and Rocky Mountains, Norfolk Southern C40-9W no. 9464 leads a BNSF SD70ACe and ex Southern Pacific AC4400CW on BNSF's Laurel, MT to Amaril... (more)

Two BNSF Heritage Two painted C44-9W's lead elephant style on the Tacoma, WA to Omaha, NE stack train at Legion Park in Boulder, CO with the Valmont Power Plant in the background.

A Warbonnet BNSF C44-9W no. 4713 and Union Pacific C40-8 no. 9188 lead the Tacoma, WA to Omaha, NE stack train at Legion Park in Boulder, CO.

The temperature has barely hit 80 degrees; and the clouds have rolled in while three BNSF GEVO's lead the Laurel, MT to Denver, CO manifest by Legion Park in Boulder, CO.

Two BNSF Geep's lead the Buck Local out of Boulder as a storm begins to roll in over the Front Range. The train is headed for the Lafayette Branch at Broomfield. Bringing up the rear of the train ... (more)

A GP38 and GP25 lead BNSF's Buck Local with two box cars, four centerbeam cars, and a caboose (shoving platform). After letting the Cheyenne, WY to Denver, CO manifest by, they leave Boulder, CO a... (more)

One of fifteen EMD SW600's that were ever built shoves loaded aluminum hoppers up to the dumper at Xcel Energy's Valmont Power Plant in Boulder on October 06, 2013. These locomotives were built by... (more)

A loaded windmill blade train leaves the city of Boulder, Colorado as clouds continue to build up over the Front Range Foothills at Legion Park.

After letting the Valmont Coal Train clear up, the Longmont Switch with an assortment of power leaves the city of Boulder. The Valmont Power Plant can be seen in the background.

At the west end of Legion park, an empty crude oil train from New Orleans, LA rounds the curve into Boulder, CO with a pair of BNSF GE's. The train is heading back to get another load of black liq... (more)

The Arctic Air mass is still in the area as snow from Wednesday is still on the ground with the Laurel to Denver Manifest leaving Boulder with the Front Range Foothills and Valmont Power Plant in ... (more)

After waiting for the Stinky Slinky to roll up ahead and probably waiting for the Valmont to clear up, the Laurel to Denver manifest led by a BNSF ES44AC, ex SOO SD60, and ex ATSF C44-9W heads sou... (more)

The DPU on the LAUDEN brings up the rear as the train continues to climb the 1.68% grade of Burkes Hill between Boulder and Louisville.