Traction Testing on the Moffat. EMDX1206 crawls west up one of the toughest mountain grades on the Continent. Traction tests on these SD70ACE locomotives was well underway...

The clouds were set up just perfect in the eastern sky to produce a fiery sunrise along the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies. Orange and red reflect from the rails at the west switch of Leyden ... (more)

On September 13th (Friday the Thirteenth), severe flooding washed out a fill on UPs Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. 24 days later, crews are still working to get the line completely reopened. Here, a s... (more)

Union Pacific’s westbound MDVRO (Denver to Roper Yard in Salt Lake City) manifest freight passes a colorful cottonwood tree just east of Leyden siding in Arvada, Colorado, on October 22, 2001.

The Roper Yard, UT to North Yard, CO Manifest rounds Big Ten Curve just west of Denver.

The Roper Yard, UT to North Yard, CO Manifest rounds Big Ten Curve just west of Denver.

UP 7080 leads the MRONY-06 (Roper Yard, UT to North Yard, CO) Manifest down the grade through Coal Creek Canyon as the train approaches the Blue Mountain Road Crossing.

With the Denver Metro Area in the background, BNSF's eastbound trackage rights manifest negotiates the Big Ten Curve and has about 16 miles left to go before reaching its final destination at 31st... (more)

After weeks of morning clouds, rain and smoke from fires west of Colorado, August 26th found brilliant clear skies. UP7699 attacks what is perhaps the toughest and most scenic mountain railroad ... (more)

Five units lead a westbound empty coal train around Big Ten Curve near Clay Siding. The assault on the Front Range is now in full swing and the train will be climbing steadily toward Moffat Tunn... (more)

A loaded eastbound grain train winds downgrade through Coal Creek Canyon on the approach to the Blue Mountain Drive grade crossing.

Spring has finally arrived in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Amid green grass and blooming wildflowers, a UP coal empty navigates Little Ten curve, with Big Ten in the background beyond.

A Union Pacific coal train drops off the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains as it goes through Arvada, Colorado, on February 9, 1999. Leading the way toward Denver’s North Yard is Chicago and No... (more)

On April 13, 2013, we see Amtrak #5 negotiate the curves between Leyden and Rocky at a location called Barber's Gulch as the train heads west from Denver towards Emeryville, CA. Two ex SP now UP B... (more)

After picking up 1 car out of the Rocky house track the Wednesday West Local climbs the grade to Tunnel 1 headed to Plainview to grab 1 or 2 more before heading back home.