Veteran engine BNSF 1572 is 43 years old, having been built in 1973 as a SD45-2 for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF), and later rebuilt as a SD40-2R.

BNSF 8441 (SD70ACe) waits for a train to be assembled and will then run to Denver.

BNSF 9709 (SD70MAC) runs through a work zone as it leaves Golden for Denver, Colorado.

Jimmy Booth tends the Fire
Master of his vessel tends his fire on RGS 20 in the early hours of a long day behind the throttle.

Heavy Snow & Steam
RGS 20 acting as it’s own weather system stirs up the snow and swirls with excitement.

BNSF 8441 (SD70ACe) waits in a yard in Golden, Colorado with an Executive Grinstein for a Coors beer train to take to Denver.

As the shadows slowly retreat from the BNSF yard in Golden, Colorado, BNSF 1652 (SD40-2) builds a train that will be taken to Denver later in the morning.

A pair of former Burlington Northern Cascade Green SD40-2's work the small yard in Golden, Colorado.

The Colorado Railroad Museum located in Golden, Colorado has a great collection of Denver Rio Grande Western engines and rolling stock, including DRGW 683, seen here dusted with a fresh layer of s... (more)

BNSF 9709 (SD70MAC) waits in the BNSF yard in Golden, Colorado for orders to take the Coors Beer Train to Denver.

Three SDP40s and an SD9 lead the Coors turn. It's been a while, but I believe they have finished their work at the brewery and are returning to Denver.

The Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado has an amazing set of old engines and rolling stock. One such standout is Rio Grande Southern #7 Galloping Goose which is operable and will take p... (more)

Coors Brewery critter #998 (SW1001) heads to the brewing facility with a cut of the specially designed hopper cars.

Conductor Al Bloudnt and Santa Clause at the Colorado Railroad Museum

BNSF 1625, a former Santa Fe SD40-2, gets ready to pull a string out of the BNSF yard in Golden, Colorado.