One of the first photos I took after retiring to Palmer Lake, CO, was this northbound struggling into Palmer Lake with only two of the three units running shortly after a donwpour with the dwindli... (more)

Tunnel Motor at Minturn
In July 1984, a westbound Rio Grande coal train waits for a new crew in the yard at Minturn, Colorado, at the western foot of Tennessee Pass.

Amtrak No 5, the California Zephyr, passes through a cloud shadow at Rocky, Colorado, on the afternoon of June 25, 2011. “Phase III Heritage” No. 145 leads the tardy westbound train at 6:40 p.... (more)

A southbound coal train rolls through the Air Force Academy as seen through from the former Santa Fe where once a trestle stood. If one looks there are plenty of reminders of the former second tra... (more)

With very little to do but wait out the summer months, Rio Grande Russell snow plow X-67 glows in Aspen Gold paint at D&RGW's Minturn Yard. This single track Russell was one of a kind on Grande's ... (more)

Shadows and highlights. Late afternoon sun filters through the leafless brush and highlights the chocolate plume from D&RGW 478, as she drifts toward the Colorado Highway 250 crossing above... (more)

sounthbound coal train Palmer Lake, CO

Crossing the Rio Animas. Eureka & Palisade #4 leaves the dusty mining town of Silverton, Colorado behind her as she crosses the Animas River to begin her southbound journey to Durango. Th... (more)

B667 helper awaiting B608 coal train, at left. Cab door on the 3102 open in deference to high-90s temperature.

The D&RGW on parade. Denver & Rio Grande Western Consolidation #315 brings her period passenger consist into the Durango Yard during the 2010 Railfest "Parade of Trains". During a 30 minu... (more)

A late westbound California Zephyr begins the 12-degree horseshoe curve just east of Pinecliff. This curve is the sharpest east of the Moffat Tunnel, and takes the train through the shortest of t... (more)

DRGW 315 and its freight train heads north at the high bridge south of Tacoma during Railfest.

The remnants of BNSF 6851 sit in Denver north yard, nearly two years after an accident with an ethanol tanker. After the accident the engine was able to move under its own power.

Brakeshoes smoking, limestone loads descend the 4% grade on the lower loop crossing of US 50 near Maysville.

It's a rarity to see a BNSF coal train on UP rails through the mountains. This one is passing by the Colorado River along the Dotsero Cutoff on the way to Denver.