Fresh Powder at Blue Mountain
Number 5 is hustling up from Big Ten into Coal Creek Canyon on its way to California. My daughter and I stop here daily to see 5 pass by and occasiona... (more)

Sunrise at Eisele
CAXWE-25 an empty home road Union Pacific coal bucket rounds the tangent at Clay now known as Eisele just after sun up.

UP 8780 (SD70ACe) leads a heavy consist and long freight train around Blue Mountain on its way to Denver, Colorado.

Smokey Haze
Still despite the right light and a passing thundershower the light fights me. The eastbound Rocky Mountaineer passes my camera near Arvada on its return trip home ... (more)

BNSF 3255 (ES44C4) leads a freight along Blue Mountain as it climbs the Moffat Line towards Tunnel 1.

UP 6881 (ES44AC) leads a freight towards Blue Mountain, Colorado.

March of 2021 saw one of the heaviest blizzards to hit the Colorado Front Range in 20 years. This is the moment that the California Zephyr slammed into a 4 foot snow drift, completely covering th... (more)

On October 19, 2015, an afternoon run of the Deseret Power Railway’s unit coal train has just crested Holum Pass and is now dropping downgrade past milepost 7 at Blue Mountain, Colorado.

AMTK 175 (P42DC) leads the morning's California Zephyr around Blue Mountain as it heads into the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

An afternoon run of the Deseret Power Railway’s unit coal train has just crested Holum Pass and is now dropping downgrade past milepost 7 at Blue Mountain, Colorado, on October 19, 2015.

A trio of Deseret Power E60C-2s lead a train over the highway just south of the "town" of Blue Mountain near Dinosaur, Colo.

The Deseret Power Ry.’s afternoon loaded train is rolling downgrade over Moffat County Road #134, also known as the Blue Mountain Road. This type of a culvert overpass is common on this railroad... (more)

The Deseret Power Ry’s E60 electric # DPR1 is seen here sitting at the very end of the coal loading loop. Just out of sight at the lower right corner is the spring switch at the main line. Engin... (more)

The Deseret Power Ry's empty train returning from the Bonanza Power Plant was 2 or 3 hours late today. This plus the sun angle this time of year limited my shot location for favorable lighting to... (more)

This shot is a companion to my image #555832 and was taken about half a minute before it. This time of year it is often a race between the afternoon loaded coal train’s arrival at a photo locati... (more)