Just north of downtown Charlotte, the dawn of a frosty November morning finds a southbound intermodal train highballing down the main past the NS yard while a pair of GP38-2s wait for a crew that ... (more)

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)

Amtrak 5 speeds across the flats near Kremmling into the afternoon sun. In just a few miles the scenery will change dramatically as the California Zephyr enters the dramatic Gore Canyon, with its ... (more)

Fall has arrived along the route of the Georgetown Loop Railroad with the few aspens scattered throughout the valley now a brilliant yellow. West Side Lumber Co. Shay #9 is doing the honors at the... (more)

The westbound Amtrak California Zephyr zips westbound through the outskirts of Kremmling between the scenic Byers and Gore Canyons.

The meandering headwaters of the Colorado River create a break in the fall colors through which we see the westbound California Zephyr heading out of Granby toward the spectacular Byers and Gore C... (more)

The signs of fall are quickly appearing at the higher elevations of Colorado's Moffat Route. The eastbound California Zephyr was on time as it sped out of Hot Sulfur Springs past a small stand of ... (more)

An eastbound loaded coal train fights the pull of gravity as it slowly descends out of Tunnel 10, past the clearing where Tunnel 9 stood until it was daylighted.

27 miles out of Denver Union Station, the Denver & Rio Grande Western route turns west into Tunnel 8, penetrating the imposing Flatirons during its climb toward the Moffat Tunnel and continental d... (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)

It's always nice to see big crowds turn out for railroad events, and that was certainly the case for the UP 844's stop in Strasburg, CO. On the right is ex-Pacific Fruit Express NW2 #1048, private... (more)

It's always nice to see big crowds turn out for railroad events, and that was certainly the case for the UP 844's stop in Strasburg, CO. It seemed like most of the residents of this small town cam... (more)

Deer Trail is supposedly the site of the world's first rodeo exhibition back on July 4th, 1869. This small town on the plains still has an old-west feel - walking along 1st Ave, one could imagine ... (more)

After stopping to pose for the townspeople of Strasburg, 844 is back near track speed making a wonderful racket as she steams toward the final stop of the day in Denver. This trip was part of the ... (more)

Looking like a well-detailed scene from an ambitious model railroad, a pair of GP-60s skirts South Boulder Creek below my precarious vantage point. The two loaded coal hoppers were bad ordered and... (more)