A little past 1 p.m. on a perfect May Day, 1965, the Rocky Mountain Rocket turns its back on the Rockies and heads east out of Denver behind two 2250-hp E8As. Though there are only five cars in th... (more)

Although it wears a fresh coat of Rock Island’s maroon-and-white, GP40 348 is Union Pacific-owned, running on Union Pacific rails. Westbound here at Muncie, Kansas, just west of Kansas City on M... (more)

Second 81 crosses Kiowa Creek near Bennett behind EMD-re-engined FA 141, a load of autoracks out of Kansas City headed for dealers and showrooms in Denver and along the Front Range. It’s high su... (more)

Train 82, the morning freight east from Denver, is just starting its trek across the high plains at Mesa, behind year-old U25b 213. Today, this scene is all suburban sprawl, but on Feb. 3, 1965, U... (more)

Sunset over the Sunset Route: Booming along east of Lawrence, Kansas, F7A 676 has a couple head-end cars, an RDC and a coach, the remnants of Train 40, a once-important secondary run on the Southe... (more)

Six units, six paint schemes – in 1963 not an uncommon sight at the head end of Rock Island freight 82 out of Denver, here behind F7A 126. The train, mostly empty auto racks and interchange gath... (more)

On a bright but very cold February 20, 1969, GP7 2811 rolls the (almost) daily local out of Santa Fe, headed down the 18-mile branch to a connection with the main line at Lamy. In 1880, the AT&SF ... (more)

In a clear case of lese-majeste, Santa Fe’s Super Chief, Train 18 behind FP45’s 100/103, has been forced to take the siding at Rowe, New Mexico, and cool its wheels waiting for a westbound Yor... (more)

Running a little late, E6A 15 speeds number 12, the Chicagoan, along the High Line between Holliday Junction and Kansas City on an October afternoon in 1965. The Dallas-Chicago train -- mostly hea... (more)

Coming through the brambles east of Marysvile, Kansas, GP9 237, GP20 480 and an unidentified GP30 are eastbound October 13, 1965, with the daily freight on the 107-mile Marysville-St. Joseph, Miss... (more)

A puff of smoke indicates that former Spokane International RS-1 1221 has come to life at Union Pacific’s Marysville, Kansas, roundhouse, ready for afternoon switching chores. The stalls once sh... (more)

‘Tis the day after Christmas, 1965, as GTEL Big Bow 9 makes its noisy way past Tower A at Cheyenne’s west end with an extra for Laramie. The C&S overpass offes a fine view of the action, and, ... (more)

In the lengthening shadows of an Octrober afternoon, UP local 70 pauses at Manhattan, Kansas, to unload express and a few passengers before resuming its journey to Kansas City. Originating in Denv... (more)

We are parked on the siding at Tenneco, just north of Denver. There’s no problem with one-year-old DD35 96B. The workman walking the length of the unit is one of two dozen workers and officials ... (more)

Catastrophic floods across the High Plains have shredded Union Pacific’s Kansas Pacific line, sweeping away miles of track and leaving not a single bridge intact between Denver and Limon. And so... (more)