The Denver Rock Island Railroad is in the process of repainting the former Mount Hood Railroad GP38-2 into the Rock Island blue colors.

Snow is falling in Denver, Colorado as the California Zephyr passes a waiting Union Pacific coal train and heads towards the Moffat Tunnel district.

UP 8131 (ES44AC) waits on the Belt Line for a green that will allow it to head to the Greeley Sub.

Light snow is falling as the California Zephyr 5 train leaves Denver and heads up the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Heavy snow is falling fast as the crew of UP 8233 (ES44ACH) gets ready to drop off an oil can train on the ready track for a new crew to take up the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

The bright sunrise catches UP 8131 (ES44AC) holding a grain train next to the North Yard silo in Denver, Colorado.

Denver Rock Island Railroad's #02 (a former Mount Hood Railroad GP38-2) takes a string of oil can cars to a yard in central Denver, Colorado.

Heavy snow falls at the BNSF engine service facility in Denver, Colorado as an Amtrak engine waits for the call to support the California Zephyr with added muscle. Also note the Union Pacific mot... (more)

With a fresh crew onboard, BNSF 9669 begins its 185 mile journey from Denver to La Junta, CO on the route known as the "North Loop". With the Denver skyline in the background, this 17,7... (more)

DENVER COL July 2 1978 — Rio Grande SW 1000 144 handles switching duties as it shoves on a caboose. According to Utahrails, “D&RGW 144 was sold to Midwest Metallics, McCook, Illinois, in July ... (more)

DENVER COL Oct 4 1982 — Rio Grande SW 1000 143 handles a cut of cars at North Yard. End built the unit (s/n 32178) in October 1966. Southern Pacific retired it on Oct. 3 1991. Utahrails reports,... (more)

UP 1826 (SD40N) pulls a cut of cars from the North Yard for sorting.

A Union Pacific Officer's Special waits for the dignitaries to board and will then head west into the Moffat Tunnel District

A Union Pacific Officer's Special occupies a track in the North Yard. It would soon get a green to begin the journey up the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

AMTK 194 (P42DC) backs the California Zephyr into the Denver Union Station amid the myriad of Semaphore wires and poles that support RTD's Commuter Rail Trains.