It has been about ten minutes since the sun peeked over the eastern horizon. Early morning haze still clings to the ground around the Denver skyline to the right. A quartet of GEs leads on a coal ... (more)
A somewhat interesting consist was on the head end of this coal empty on a snowy March afternoon. Sandwiched smack in the middle of the five units is a BNSF C44-9W! Sure, railroads pool power...bu... (more)
While the demand for coal has certainly gone down some, you can still find plenty of coal trains running on the Moffat. One such example was this Energy-bound empty, headed west on a simply beauti... (more)
UP's "West Local" throttles up as it approaches the east end of Barbara's Gulch. Ten years ago, the local served three customers west of Leyden and there were days where four geeps were needed due... (more)
Nearly five years after the D&RGW/SP merger it was still possible to see trains led by solid lash-ups of Rio Grande power. With the Denver skyline receding in the distance, a westbound work extra ... (more)